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Offline rangerrebew

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Pentagon Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Travels at Mach 5
« on: July 10, 2025, 01:44:16 pm »
Pentagon Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Travels at Mach 5
Kris Osborn
Jun 18, 2025
 
 
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By Kris Osborn, President, Warrior

Congress has received a new report on the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), better known as Dark Eagle.

   The report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) comes at a time when the US is playing catch-up with China and Russia when it comes to hypersonic weapons. Still, the US is making up ground, test-firing Dark Eagle from Cape Canaveral.

   That test – and one in May by the Navy, also from Cape Canaveral  – is part of the All Up Round (AUR) that the two services are developing jointly. DArk Eagle is said to travel at speeds over 3,900 miles per hour (faster than Mach 5) and has a range of 1,725 miles.

    In December’s test, the Army missile was fired from a trailer-based launcher. According to the CRS report, the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington will operate the first batter of eight Dark Eagles. The battalion is part of the Army’s 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, which is part of the Indo-Pacific-oriented I Corps.

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Re: Pentagon Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Travels at Mach 5
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2025, 01:45:23 pm »
That's just about as fast as a democrat running from the truth. :whistle:
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Re: Pentagon Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Travels at Mach 5
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2025, 03:11:13 pm »
There seems to be confusion in the media about hypersonic missiles [ most missiles of any size, even an ICBM, qualifies ] and hypersonic GLIDE vehicles.
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