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August 16, 2019

Dead at Mach 8: The U.S. Army’s Truck-Mounted Hypersonic Missile Is Coming

And it could be a killer.
by Michael Peck

New clues are emerging about the U.S. military’s hypersonic missiles program.

A Powerpoint slide at a recent defense conference showed details of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, or LRHW,  a land-based U.S. Army system. The LRHW is one of multiple U.S. military projects to develop weapons that travel at hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) speeds. The Army is aiming to deploy the first experimental LRWH battery in 2023.

The slide, shown at the 22nd Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama earlier this month, depicts the planned first LRHW battery. It consists of a prototype ballistic missile – an All Up Round, or AUR -- encased in a canister. The missile has a diameter of 34.5 inches. By comparison, a Tomahawk cruise missile only has a diameter of about 20 inches.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/dead-mach-8-us-army%E2%80%99s-truck-mounted-hypersonic-missile-coming-74016