US Conducts Hypersonic Missile Test After Russia Used Similar Weapon

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The United States said it tested a hypersonic missile successfully for the second time, just weeks after Russiaโ€™s Defense Ministry said it fired such a weapon in Ukraine.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) confirmed the hypersonic test in a Tuesday news release. The test was carried out in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force, involving the โ€œLockheed Martin version of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC).โ€

โ€œThis Lockheed Martin HAWC flight test successfully demonstrated a second design that will allow our warfighters to competitively select the right capabilities to dominate the battlefield,โ€ HAWC program manager Andrew Knoedler said in a statement. โ€œThese achievements increase the level of technical maturity for transitioning HAWC to a service program of record.โ€

The vehicle containing the hypersonic missile was released via a carrier aircraft and was โ€œboosted to its Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet engine ignition envelope,โ€ which โ€œquickly accelerated to and maintained cruise faster than Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) for an extended period of time.โ€

It then reached altitudes greater than 65,000 feet and flew for more than 300 miles, said DARPAโ€™s news release.

โ€œWe are still analyzing flight test data, but are confident that we will provide the U.S. Air Force and Navy with excellent options to diversify the technology available for their future missions,โ€ Knoedler added.

Lockheed Martin was given a nearly $1 billion contract with DARPA to develop its HWAC system, which can, according to the release, be used for land attacks. However, the firm proposed a similar system to the U.S. Navy to make maritime strikes or to be carried by the F-35C stealth fighter, according to reports.

While DARPAโ€™s news release did not make mention of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russian officials in March claimed they used hypersonic missiles against Ukrainian targets. President Joe Biden in late March stated that such weapons were used, adding that it is a โ€œconsequential weapon.โ€

โ€œTheyโ€™ve just launched their hypersonic missile because itโ€™s the only thing they can get through with absolute certainty,โ€ Biden said. โ€œIt doesnโ€™t make that much difference except itโ€™s almost impossible to stop it. Thereโ€™s a reason theyโ€™re using it.โ€

At the same time, the UKโ€™s Ministry of Defense said that the firing of Russian Kinzhal missiles in Ukraine wasโ€”at the timeโ€”โ€highly unlikely to materially affect the outcome of Russiaโ€™s campaign in Ukraine.โ€

Amid the conflict, the Pentagon confirmed last month that it canceled a scheduled test of anย intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, to avoid escalating tensions with Russia.

Byย Jack Phillips

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