The B-52 Bomber: Now A Giant Hypersonic Missile Truck?
Peter Suciu
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Peter Suciu
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A month ago, the United States Air Force faced a setback when a still under-development hypersonic missile system failed to launch from the wing of a specially modified and upgraded Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
It was the eighth test of the technology to determine how the Cold War-era bomber could be armed with the advanced AGM-182A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), but it was also the first to end in a failure.
In the most recent test, conducted on May 5, everything went smoothly and a B-52 Stratofortress from the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana, successfully took part in a simulated hypersonic kill chain employment from sensor to shooter and back during Northern Edge 21 exercises.
B-52 Bomber: Now Firing Hypersonic Weapons
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/05/the-b-52-bomber-now-a-giant-hypersonic-missile-truck/
