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.
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