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Title: America’s Secret Hypersonic Weapon Is About to Stun the Pacific
Post by: rangerrebew on March 16, 2024, 01:58:38 pm
America’s Secret Hypersonic Weapon Is About to Stun the Pacific
A momentous test on the horizon could redefine aerial warfare.

BY KYLE MIZOKAMIPUBLISHED: MAR 13, 2024 7:30 AM EST


Signs point to the U.S. Air Force conducting an important hypersonic weapon test in the Pacific.
A B-52 bomber armed with a live ARRW missile was photographed on Guam this week.

ARRW was canceled last year, but there are so few hypersonic weapon tests that any test is useful.
 

A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber was photographed last week on Guam with an interesting sidekick: a live AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). The bomber is believed to be involved in a secret final test of the weapon that may even have already taken place. The ARRW was one of several Mach 5+ weapon systems pursued by the Pentagon, and although recently canceled, the Department of Defense is finishing testing anyway to grab whatever data it can on the performance of so-called hypersonic weapons.

Guam to “Kwaj”

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a60128196/americas-secret-hypersonic-weapon-is-about-to-stun-the-pacific/
Title: Re: America’s Secret Hypersonic Weapon Is About to Stun the Pacific
Post by: catfish1957 on March 16, 2024, 02:02:06 pm
Nothing like broadcasting our technological advances to the Chicoms and Russians.  This country is ate up with stupidity.
Title: Re: America’s Secret Hypersonic Weapon Is About to Stun the Pacific
Post by: rangerrebew on March 16, 2024, 02:23:03 pm
Nothing like broadcasting our technological advances to the Chicoms and Russians.  This country is ate up with stupidity.

Everyday folk get sent to prison for stuff like this. :yowsa: