https://www.rt.com/news/553309-us-secret-hypersonic-test/



The US has tested a hypersonic missile designed by Lockheed Martin for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program, a defense official cited by CNN on Monday has claimed. The Biden administration supposedly kept the trial secret not to antagonize Russia further.


According to the CNN source, the scramjet missile was launched from a B-52 bomber off the west coast and traveled at an altitude of 65,000 feet (20,000 m) for more than 300 miles (480 km). The source did not disclose the speed of the projectile, though it should have been at least Mach-5, which is considered the low range for hypersonic weapons.


It was the second reported successful test under the HAWC program, which is run jointly by the US Air Force and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Last September, DARPA announced it had tested a scramjet missile prototype produced jointly by Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman, without offering any details.
Both variants use a booster stage to speed the projectile up to a point where the main scramjet engine of the missile can kick in. The design is different from Russia's air-launched hypersonic ballistic missile called Kinzhal, which the country used on the battlefield for the first time days before the American test, according to CNN's timeline.
The Russian weapon was used on March 18 to destroy a fortified ammo depot in western Ukraine, according to the Russian military.



The US downplayed the significance of the deployment, with President Joe Biden stating that it "doesn't make…much of a difference except it's nearly impossible to intercept". The point of reaching hypersonic speed range with weapons is to defeat enemy anti-missile defenses and be able to deliver strikes on short or no notice.



In addition to Kinzhal, Russia has a hypersonic cruise missile called Tsirkon in its arsenal. The anti-ship weapon is designed to be launched from ships and submarines. Moscow considers it to be a potent threat to high-value naval targets like aircraft carrier strike groups.


The CNN source said the US decided not to publicize the Lockheed Martin prototype test to avoid escalating tensions between Washington and Moscow. The US military canceled some routine ICBM tests amid the crisis in Ukraine, citing the same reason.


The US is believed to be somewhat lagging behind Russia and China in terms of developing hypersonic weapons. The US Air Force's parallel Air-launched Rapid-Response Weapon (ARRW) faced a series of setbacks last year, with a third unsuccessful test in a row reported in December.


The weapon design includes a solid-propellant booster, which deploys a wedge-shaped glide vehicle to the altitude and speed necessary for a long-range strike. Both Russia and China say they have hypersonic gliders deployed from ballistic missiles at their disposal.

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That person wey dey do things on coded without saying much, fear that person. But the person wey dey always make noise when e do small thing, na empty barrel that person be.

Americans will never tell you how advanced they are.Putin can keep flaggin his muscles.

Na their way. They will hardly let you know exactly what they have. While others make so much noise to scare people and feel like super power. US quietly does her things because they already know who they are.

VictorUSA:
Americans will never tell you how advanced they are.Putin can keep flaggin his muscles.

Fear USA.....they hardly disclose their weapons.

Karemarealty288:



Fear USA.....they hardly disclose they weapons.

US marines stormed Osama Bin Laden's hideout with marines in two silent helicopters, took him out, buried him according to Islamic rights. When they wanted to leave, one of the silent helicopters refused to start. Instead of sending engineers to fix it or tow it, they immediately bombed the whole thing and destroyed it beyond recognition.

The USA does not want you to know what they have while Putin's weapons are littered and abandoned all over Ukraine. Anybody can reverse-engineer them and see their loopholes.

More often than not, to prevent a war, you only need to sharpen your sword.

Nobody knows USA have nuclear weapons till the nuke Japan, (Hiroshima) never show people what u have , surprise them with what u got.

izenco2005:
Nobody knows USA have nuclear weapons till the nuke Japan, (Hiroshima) never show people what u have , surprise them with what u got.

Correct fact

I sure say ee no work

Hypersonic missiles that Russians have already mastered mach 7

If North Korea test their own now everybody will be of concern..

If Iran test their own now everybody will be of concern to the world peace.

But if USA test their own now everybody will hail them for the test.


Who is the hypocrite now?

izenco2005:
Nobody knows USA have nuclear weapons till the nuke Japan, (Hiroshima) never show people what u have , surprise them with what u got.

Shey nan nuclear weapon they use bomb Japan?

foryourmindlol:

US marines stormed Osama Bin Laden's hideout with marines in two silent helicopters, took him out, buried him according to Islamic rights. When they wanted to leave, one of the silent helicopters refused to start. Instead of sending engineers to fix it or tow it, they immediately bombed the whole thing and destroyed it beyond recognition.

The USA does not want you to know what they have while Putin's weapons are littered and abandoned all over Ukraine. Anybody can reverse-engineer them and see their loopholes.

The weapons they abandoned in Afghanistan to Taliban nko?

Coming from CNN?CNN will not release a US secret.
CNN were told to report this

foryourmindlol:

US marines stormed Osama Bin Laden's hideout with marines in two silent helicopters, took him out, buried him according to Islamic rights. When they wanted to leave, one of the silent helicopters refused to start. Instead of sending engineers to fix it or tow it, they immediately bombed the whole thing and destroyed it beyond recognition.

The USA does not want you to know what they have while Putin's weapons are littered and abandoned all over Ukraine. Anybody can reverse-engineer them and see their loopholes.

Tell that to Iran that brought down their sophisticated drone twice without firing a shot .
The ones abandoned in Afghanistan by USA are what?

JavaScript90:
That person wey dey do things on coded without saying much, fear that person. But the person wey dey always make noise when e do small thing, na empty barrel that person be.

Countries don't hide weapon. But they hide the capability of the weapon.

The world knows about the US stealth fighter jet "F-22 raptor". But what we don't know is it true capabilities.

We also know about the Russian Zircon Hypersonic Missile. But the image of the missile can't be seen anywhere. It is a top secret. No one knows what is looks like. The US will do the same. They image of their hypersonic missile will be kept secret.

The Kinzah hypersonic missile can not be hiden because it is carried by fighter jets and bombers which can be easily seen.

So the super powers always announce the test of new weapon. But they will never let you know the true capability of the weapon. It os always top secret.

paramakina202:


The weapons they abandoned in Afghanistan to Taliban nko?

Those are mainstream weapons donated to Afghanistan government. Just like Super Tukano sold to your shithole government. That is to tell you they don't use it for anything in the first place. They're likely selling it or just getting rid of it to make place for newer weapons.

foryourmindlol:

Those are mainstream weapons donated to Afghanistan government. Just like Super Tukano sold to your shithole government. That is to tell you they don't use it for anything in the first place. They're likely selling it or just getting rid of it to make place for newer weapons.

And the Soviet era Tanks abandoned or destroyed in Ukraine is high tech weapons abi.

VictorUSA:
Americans will never tell you how advanced they are.Putin can keep flaggin his muscles.

Everything is now reversed. Decades ago it was USSR hiding its military secrets. These days, Putin boasts of projects that have not been fully operationalised while US plants stories that a newly developed piece of equipment failed a test but the USAF is buying 300 of them anyways.

Karemarealty288:



Fear USA.....they hardly disclose their weapons.

Yeah they don’t and it’s trump that almost wanted to start it by saying out their military worths and weapons. Trump doesn’t fit as a USA president with his talking habits

JavaScript90:
That person wey dey do things on coded without saying much, fear that person. But the person wey dey always make noise when e do small thing, na empty barrel that person be.

they're doing it on coded, how did you know about it here in Nigeria?
It's impossible to build missiles on coded since you will eventually have to test it

izenco2005:
Nobody knows USA have nuclear weapons till the nuke Japan, (Hiroshima) never show people what u have , surprise them with what u got.

they knew. Everyone was building nukes before that incident. Everyone knew when they tested it in Mexico. Americans are very loud and they use their media and Hollywood to hype their weapons.