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The USAF hypersonic missile test was successful.



The B-52 "Stratofortress" carries  AGM-183 hypersonic missile during tests. 


The USAF tested AGM-183 ARRW ("Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon") hypersonic missile. And this time test was successful. The ARRW is meant to use against fixed targets like bunkers and runways. The speed of this weapon is about Mach 5+ and the difference between ARRW and the Russian "Kinzhal" hypersonic missile is that AGM-183 doesn't need a supersonic carrier. To reach the hypersonic speed. 

The limit of the "Kinzhal" missile is that its carrier plane is a MiG-31. And that aircraft can carry only one of that missiles. The drop airplane for AGM-183 is always been a B-52 Stratofortress. And that means the global strike force can use that missile on any platform that it has. So it can be the ultimate weapon for the B-52 "Stratofortress", B-1 "Lancer", B-2 "Spirit", and the new B-21 "Raider". There is the possibility that AGM-183 can also be installed in the ballistic missile. That allows ballistic missiles to make the ballistic jump outside the atmosphere. 

Then that missile releases the hypersonic missile that can fly by using a low trajectory to the target. It is suspicious that the AGM-183 and its successors planned to use along with the new top secret hypersonic aircraft that are basing the SR-72 test plane. The fact is that hypersonic weapons are shown their capacity. And the development of those systems continues. That thing means that the next-generation hypersonic missiles can destroy also naval targets like moving warships. 

The fact is the hypersonic missile is an ultimate weapon. If that weapon flies over the target area at a low altitude with a speed that is much higher than the speed of sound the pressure wave that follows the weapon is devastating. The hypersonic missile can carry conventional or nuclear warheads. But it can also use kinetic energy for destroying the target. The last option would be useful in surgical strikes against small-size targets. 


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-13/air-force-hypersonic-missile-scores-second-consecutive-success


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