Posted on 03/17/2021 9:02:15 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
At some point in the next few weeks, a B-52H bomber will carry a missile high into the air and launch it at an unprecedented velocity toward its target, according to the U.S. Air Force. If everything goes according to plan, that missile will accelerate to more than five times the speed of sound before deploying a dummy second stage that will promptly "disintegrate" somewhere in the atmosphere.
The missile, known as AGM-183A, is supposed to be the first hypersonic weapon — or Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) — in the U.S. arsenal. It should move so quickly through the atmosphere — about 20 times the speed of sound — at such low altitudes that it's impossible for enemy missile defense systems to shoot out of the air. And its speed means that it can be useful for destroying "high-value, time-sensitive targets," the Air Force said in a statement.
Hypersonic missile designs, including this one, typically involve two stages.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
Oh, goodie. 🙄
[It should move so quickly through the atmosphere — about 20 times the speed of sound...]
I’m skeptical. That’s nearly orbital velocity.
AGM-183A, at warp 6 it is capable of time travel.( sarc.)
Joe said so. And the chicken Secy of Defence said so . They think its their big stick to save their transgender military. Their bluff has been called.
Joe doesn’t realize that America is the victim of bio warfare. His supersonic whickety-do will be of no help.
The shots:
How do they know this missile identifies as a missile?
Unfortunately , this weaponry is just as likely to be used against American Patriots as it is our enemies.
“The test has already been delayed, and there are real questions about the technology’s purpose”
LOL
Note the use of silly words such as “bizarre”, and the rambling text. This has to have been written by some sort of studies major. We and other nations have been working on the hypersonic problem for at least a decade. But trying to extract any info at all, let alone anything really technical, from this article is fruitless.
File it under “Yahoo or CNN level not news”.
Ping
His administration has already sided with China and the Terrorists.
I remember people at Livermore talking about hypersonic projectiles in the mid-90s.
But what if the enemy has a laser defense system? Laser light can travel at over 870,000 times the speed of sound.
At that speed, IT DOESN’T NEED A WARHEAD!.............
Nothing’s bizarre about testing technology we are behind on.
Quota-hire writer.
But what if the enemy has a laser defense system? Laser light can travel at over 870,000 times the speed of sound.
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Tracking and fixing a laser on something moving that speed in the upper atmosphere is ridiculous, and you’d be lucky to keep it on target for more than milliseconds at a time, and I could be wrong but I don’t think anyone has a laser with enough power to harm a small target at that distance without a significant interval locked on
Rods from God
(Please do not share this picture as it is classified.)
Bizarre is the new weird.
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