The US Air Force announced last night that it “successfully” tested a hypersonic missile off the coast of Southern California on Tuesday after three previous failures amid mounting tensions over Russia’s and China’s military development.
“This was another important milestone for the Air Force’s first air-launched hypersonic weapon,” said Brigadier General Heath Collins, the program’s executive director. The test was conducted in collaboration with the company Lockheed Martin. The three previous failures had buried Washington’s plans to announce production of the missile later this year.
Designed to destroy sensitive targets, this air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) makes it possible to expand the capabilities of precision attack systems against heavily defended ground targets.
Source: La Verdad
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