The Army's New Mach 5 Missile Hits Targets at 1,000 Miles in 20 Minutes
The ground-launched weapon only exists because Russia violated a missile treaty.
By Kyle Mizokami
Jan 15, 2021
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is set to begin building the first OpFires intermediate-range missile.
OpFires will allow the U.S. Army to strike time-sensitive targets up to 1,000 miles away.
The missile’s development is possible because of the end of the INF Treaty on nuclear weapons.
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is preparing to build a working copy of the new OpFires hypersonic missile. OpFires, destined for the U.S. Army, will give the service the ability to strike targets with a fleeting window of opportunity, covering the weapon’s 1,000-mile range in 20 minutes.
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