July 15, 2021
U.S. Hypersonic Missiles? Russia Could Care Less
“No missile, no aircraft, flies on the very first time. There is always a testing period, mistakes and failures will occur . . . however, Americans have boasted of their hypersonic weapons, their hypersonic missiles, for the last twenty years—and still cannot accomplish anything.”
by Mark Episkopos
Here's What You Need to Remember: The U.S. military is deploying a slew of hypersonic systems that are expected to reach operational maturity by the turn of the decade. Unfortunately, both China and Russia have already fielded hypersonic weapons.
Russian commentators are mocking the Biden administration over the U.S. Air Force’s failed hypersonic weapons test.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted the first booster flight of the long-range hypersonic AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). USAF noted in a statement that the missile did not “complete its launch sequence” from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber, and was subsequently returned to Edwards Air Force Base in California.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/us-hypersonic-missiles-russia-could-care-less-189710
