Tuesday, May 17, 2022

U.S. Air Force Says It Has Conducted Its First Successful Hypersonic Missile Test

 

Warzone/The Drive: B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)  

The first successful test of a prototype AGM-183A ARRW comes as the program’s future is increasingly uncertain. 

The Air Force says that it has finally successfully test-launched a prototype of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic missile, or ARRW. This follows three failed launch attempts last year and comes as the service is reassessing the future of the program. 

The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force announced the successful AGM-183A test flight late on May 16, 2022. The test itself had taken place on May 14. As had been the plan from the beginning, a B-52H Stratofortress from the 419th Flight Test Squadron launched the missile over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California.  

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U.S. Air Force Says It Has Conducted Its First Successful Hypersonic Missile Test  

Air Force conducts successful hypersonic weapon test -- US Air Force  

Air Force finally gets a successful launch of hypersonic ARRW missile -- Breaking Defense  

ARRW Flies at Hypersonic Speeds in First Successful Test -- Air Force Magazine  

U.S. Air Force says it conducted successful hypersonic weapon test -- CTV News/Reuters  

U.S. Air Force conducts successful hypersonic weapon test -- CBS  

US Air Force tests troubled hypersonic missile -- CNN  

U.S. Air Force says it successfully tested hypersonic weapon -- UPI  

US Air Force Successfully Tests Hypersonic Weapon Off Southern California Coast -- Republic World

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