A US hypersonic missile test over the Pacific seems imminent
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There seems to be an imminent test of the US Air Force's AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile out of Guam.
While we'll cite multiple sources below, we want to make sure to credit this story from The Warzone for bringing this to our attention:
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Dear Alex ... It's not in "China's backyard" .
It's actually in their front yard > East China Sea, Taiwan Strait and SCS > all facing the Pacific ocean
U$ provocative move of hypersonic missile test in the Asia-Pacific region is self-contradictory to U$ claim of promoting "peace" and "stability" across the World .
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"canceled" means either, it really Sucks, canceled. Or, my God. Black project time.
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Hi there !... I'm posting "this" to you. I think it's shadow banned ?
Dear Alex ... It's not in "China's backyard" .
It's actually in their front yard > East China Sea, Taiwan Strait and SCS
U$ provocative move of hypersonic missile test in the Asia-Pacific region is self-contradictory to U$ claim of promoting "peace" and "stability" across the World .
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait and all of the East Sea do not belong to China (People's Republic of China 🇨🇳)
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 U.S. move of hypersonic missile test is not self contradicting their claim of keeping peace and stability across the world as it is a tool used for strategic deterrence against bad actors threatening to take territory that doesn't belong to them. Just because you don't realize that, doesn't mean you are right in making false claims.
Who gave BUFF a photon torpedo?
I swear, by the time they finally retire BUFF, it really will have a photon torpedo in its arsenal. BUFF is immortal.
@@arcticike8017 Totally what i was going to write but i could'nt have said it better myself, You nailed it BC they're going to be inmortal's
Air to orbit, with a kilo of antimatter? Yeah, BUFF would love that upgrade.
Funny thing, that's a technology we essentially possess, just not on a scale big enough to make a viable weapon and storing antimatter is especially difficult because it decays as well as annihilates when it contacts regular matter. But when a cheap terawatt source of power like fusion or orbital solar arrays become feasible this may change. Fortunately the record for storage is 16 minutes, because just 4kg of hydrogen and 4kg of anti-hydrogen will explode with a force of 172 megatons, and upon contact, they'd be far far far simpler in complexity and numbers of components than a thermonuclear bomb, and thus be incredibly light and small. I'd hope we become wise enough not to build them when we do figure out how to power the process though.
@@warpdriveby Safely storing antimatter is much easier said than done and would also make any storage device, including a bomb, very big and bulky for the amount of antimatter stored.
Alex, As an aerospace electrical engineer, designing electronics for military aircraft, (for over 50 years) problems always occur as a result of rushing a project during the design phase...Never one exception to that have I ever seen.
Im a Composite and Environmental Health and Safety Manager at an Aerospace company too and definitely agree with you on this topic Not to mention Rushing to develop Composite products for NavAir just to try to gain leverage for better contracts is also an issue
@@NancynMark I could have stated some reasons why this occurs (It's an upper management problem), but just too much to put in a text message to do it justice.
All of the problems in milspec I have experience is they never leave the design phase so they get canceled.
Yup, rush things and it's usually going to fail or be very problematic, then takes more time and money to fix said failures and issues than it would have if done correctly.
I always wondered if they "canceled" ARRW publicly in order to fake out opponents while they continued R&D.
A test ain't a failure if you're getting enough data from it to keep learning.
Failure is a teacher, not always a foe to be avoided
Glad to see you are supporting veterans. My dad was a 25-year U.S. Army pilot veteran with 3 tours in Vietnam who didn't receive much support. I hope today's veterans are better taken care of.
If only our politicians gave a damn.
No joke i feel like a big thanks to call of duty will create a larger demographic of young people who support our military.
Doubtful since for some insane reason the Biden joke of a regime is taking care of illegals while simultaneously ignoring actual American citizens. It’s beyond disgusting and I pray he will lose the next election
Would hate for that thing to drift off track like all those balloons
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Oops ...it was an "accident" .
No accountability for mistakes and wrongdoings .
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Good luck recovering your VA benefits. You earned them. You wrote the same blank check as the rest of us. Semper Fi Brother. I enjoy your channel.
You can literally go to any VA hospital at any time. I thought Marines were tough? Not so smart though 😂😂 US Army Veteran it was easy enough for me to figure out.
I think previous OSINT from Twitter suggested that AGM-183A actually has 2250km firing range due to the NOTAM warning range so quite a bit more than the official 1600km. And as for LRHW 4000km+ not the official 2775km range.
its likely going to max range test
Only way to test the system with full range is to do it I guess we will see soon also I don't think the military ever releases publicly the real range they usually downplay it
@@brianv1988 Can confirm that the real numbers always get downplayed.
@@StudleyDuderight Not if you are russian. They are usually exaggerate.
@BorKagan777 same with China, they are both on the second build of their death stars
Quite frankly our stealth cruise missiles are far more scary than the hypersonics.
I feel like there might be some more balloons in our future 😂
I think we have one right now.
@@user-fq7vs8dl5k where?
PRC is trolling the Pentagoon !
Love it !
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there is one up rn lmao
@@user-fq7vs8dl5k is there really? 🤣 well no surprise there I guess
The US Army just chose General Dynamics and Rheinmetall as finalists for the 4000 Bradley replacement IFVs.
Could you do a Firepower series video about this program, the two finalists and the other three that dropped out. Or more generally the current state of IFVs (Bradley, CV90, Puma, Lynx) and their most likely future. Maybe even including anti air IFVs like some CV90 variants and SkyRanger.
Yes 👍 someone please do this immediately.
The idea of choosing rheinmetal seems like a wild choice. Solely giving that much more and Intell to the same country that leaked the stuff they just did within?!
Not good at all. Period.
@@MattttG3 the leak you refer to occured using webex, a us based communication company. Furthermore is the Bundeswehr =|= Rheinmetall and the vehicles for the army will ne built on American soul in license
@@MattttG3 i mean Rheinmetall is fine, so are their IFVs. German generals messing up (or doing it on purpose, though i don't see how bad security is 5D chess) doesn't mean their industry is bad. They have both the money and good interest in keeping their industry secrets secret. Meanwhile, we lost a ton of F22 and F35 data to China because they had a guy ask nicely.
I would tread very lightly on the claim of it "not nuclear capable".
We may very well find out in a decade or so, that claim is a "half truth" or lie by omission.
The smallest nuclear warhead ever made (W54) was elevenø by sixteenL inches and about 50 pounds. For comparison, the AMRAAM has a 45 pound warhead and the HARM has an 150 pound warhead.
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Hint:
Warheads are not the only nuclear form of armament in the US arsenal.
@@captaincouldvercNo, but it's what the term usually implies. My point is that anything that can carry a Basset Hound fits that implication.
My car is nuclear capable. Anything that can carry 25kg is nuclear capable, in fact you could call my dog nuclear capable. The US has made a policy decision to not make any more tactical nukes that what they already have (like the old B61) but instead spend their money on weapons they actually can use in a war without getting the planet destroyed in a nuclear exchange. It's a very wise decision.
"Currently" is the key word they're omitting.
Jesus that's a big missile.
That's what she said
@@granatmof Ha, genuinely never gets old.
Yeah, but the problem is the glide vehicle can only carry less than 200 lb. I don't see the point in deploying a glide vehicle that is unpowered and that light in weight for the cost, and its designed for conventional use only which makes no sense because Russia's Avangard wave riding, boost glide vehicle that is huge, really no comparison. Even conventional payloads on that thing can that do real damage to American C2 land based systems and static air defense radars and batteries along with critical infrastructure.
Worse is that russia made it modular, so it can carry a nuclear warhead both tactical and strategic, so theirs doesn't have to be so precise. Same with china's DFZF which is huge and creates uncertainty as to the payload which is very disruptive and dangerous allowing china to control the escalation ladder as it undermines the current nuclear deterrence doctrine of the west which is stuck in the 20th century.
Why th us never thought of deploying a fractional orbital bombardment system like china shows a stunning lack of imagination.
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@@isaacder3i121 The U.S. isn't looking for a nuclear weapon.... It alredy has many of those that can overwhelm Russia's and China's air defense systems.... it needs conventional systems to target mobile launchers and ships in a Taiwan conflict.
@@isaacder3i121 A miniature HGV means its harder to detect similar to stealth. A large HGV like Chinese DF-ZF and Russian Avangard not only have a large radar cross section RCS but will also produce a larger plasma sheath around its body that long range infrared sensors can pick up.
When I was a kid, growing up on SAC bases in the 60s and 70s, the "Hound Dog" was the missile carried on a B-52. Fifty years later, the B-52 platform continues to remain relevant due to continuous improvements and upgrades to avionics, engines and missiles. The stand off capability is simply amazing!
Thanks Alex....was waiting for this update..👉🏻👉🏻
Great update Alex!
One of your better articles. And, candid, Your candor is appreciated.
You don't train using LIVE weapons. It had a yellow stripe and not a blue/inert stripe. Former B-52G weapons loader, 379th, Wurtsmith AFB, Oscoda, MI.
Thank you for this comment.
Thank you for your service and your comments. I remember Wursmith: My uncle was stationed there in the mid ‘70s.
Nice video. The details you provided added many great perspectives to consider regarding the conflict and stand off that we see happening today.
Alex, it would be cool to have a video exploring why missiles come in so many variations. In the modern era of technology, I can imagine its confusing to the general public why all missiles aren't multi-role between air-to air, atg, gta, etc. Of course the answer is specialization, but I don't think I've seen someone do a deep dive on how that drives design.
Gonna disagree a little bit: clueless people learning a little too much about these kinds of things act out online and create controversy and panic when the msm decides to stir some crap.
A2A missiles use different targeting than A2G missiles, they either use radar or IR targeting, and they contain magnitudes less explosives to keep the missile lightweight and maneuverable, despite the lower explosive content, it's more than enough to disable an aircraft, as aircraft are fragile.
A2G missiles contain many more explosives, depending on their purpose, to disable ground targets, or destroy armored targets, that and also different targeting such as GPS, optical, or laser guided, as these are more effective in an A2G sense and more economical than including radar, and different targeting tech is used depending on the situation, i.e. not using gps missiles in an area where gps is jammed, or not using optical missiles against not so valuable targets.
G2A missiles have a bigger booster compared to A2A missiles, since A2A missiles have a headstart due to the aircraft already going fast, they don't need much of a boost to get long ranges, but ground missiles have to build up speed from scratch to get any range at all, as such they have to have longer booster time to get up to speed and range, this also makes them unwieldy to put into aircraft, as such that's why they are a separate missile.
Antiship missiles are also their own category as they both contain GPS guidance to the target, and then also radar so they can look for ships nearby once they reach the gps coordinates and target whatever ship looks the best, they also contain a big payload to effectively disable ships, and INS systems in case GPS is jammed, as well as very long ranges to avoid getting close to ships.
In essence, each missile is specialized to both be cost effective, and have a higher chance of success.
I tried answering this and got censored :( (never mind, it is now appearing in the comments section)
@@Bomkz Thank you for the thorough reply! I definitely agree with the points you bring up. 👍
@@jajssblue no problem!
When i can start my day off with "IM ALEX HOLLINGS, AND THIS IS AIR POWER" i know its gonna be a good morning. The only time that seems to equal this is I'M ALEX HOLLINGS AND THIS IS SEA POWER ". GReat video as always brother. The passion and knowledge make your video's leaps and bounds better than other about military aircrafts and military ocean vehicles
Always a good day when a Airpower video drops 🤘😎
Gonna be a bad day to pose as a peer.
Funny false narrative !
China ...both the PRC and ROC aren't scare or afraid of U$ military might .
Both of them will join forces to defeat the separatist DPP and it's al'lies !
Awesome as always, thank you so much.
Great content as always!
Thanks for your good information.
Thanks bro I needed a chin check. Respect.
Another great video!
So where did China test theirs? Oh. They didn’t? Best bet, neither China nor Russian has hypersonic tech.
I noticed western bots think they know everything, they are lying to themselves Russia have used them on the battlefield in Ukraine I don't know about china
That's not a knife. THIS is a knife.
I mean Hypersonic missile.
Thanks!
Nope. Guam is NOT China's back yard. 1500 miles range is NOT even on China's block.
The way China describes it, they seem to think Guam is plenty close.
Well according to China they own the entire sea so
I was going to comment the same thing, but then I found an old map of China with a 100 dash line around the Pacific 🤐
Their missiles are easily capable of blowing Guam to ashes from Mainland.
So yeah, Guam IS China's backyard.
Never said it could reach China... said they're housing it Guam and it can travel 1500 miles so it could be flown close enough to reach China.
... but what a shock. Another 6 month old "user" account saying something stupid in defense of China. 😂🤡
Love this channel
A video about the X65 and active flow control would be cool.
I think he's dome a video about that or at least touched on it in multiple videos possibly but maybe I'm mistaken
While pootin bluffs with decades old “hypersonic” weapons, US really do the thing.
It's an old Russian habit...
Don't cry when you get drafted to fight Shayna.
This is something they’ve been doing since the Soviet era. Design it well, design it poorly, whether it works or not it’s going to be “hyped” (har har) as proof their system (whether that’s communism or the more recent fascism) is better than ours.
@@user-yw4rx6kb3r Turn off whatever right-wing infotainment propaganda source you currently listen to and MAYBE your IQ will go up?
Alex, I have a question. I know that above mach 4, give or take. The temperatures involved turn the air around the craft to plasma. That plasma in turn prohibits comms, i.e. the space shuttle losing comms on reentry. How does the military, our or others, plan on getting around the comms loss issues when the air around the projectile is plasma?
They have 2 particles quantum entangled. It's a secret probably but not really. It's instant communication at unlimited distances. Anyway don't tell anyone ok... I wrote 2 new replies that got deleted instantly also. You can't even talk about things on youtube
Incorrect.
Plasma only forms around the tip not the entire body.
So a communication device situation at the back side can be operational as usual.
Not to mention that even plasma doesn't form in every altitude. Only low altitude pose that problem.
These missiles fly high and lose altitude only when it comes closer to the target.
There’s a couple ways to deal with that ranging from proven to purely speculative.
The way that was done in the past with radar guided MARVs like the Pershing 2 was just to pull up at the end to bleed off speed. Obviously this is a suboptimal way to do it since you make yourself easier to intercept.
There’s two potential other ways that are completely unproven still, one being some crazy algorithms to communicate through the plasma, since plasma only blocks certain frequencies. This would be insanely difficult but may be theoretically possible. The other way is to have a trailing antenna out the back. Also a very difficult engineering problem, since a system meant to be deploying a long cable that can survive those speeds is not an easy system to design, lol. (oh, and of course almost forgot you basically need a very big very reliable low latency orbital datalink network for this, and some platform providing targeting info).
The military has said that it depends on the shape. It shouldn't produce enough to be able to do that
Could be some super advanced inertial navigation or visual guidance,no reason why a camera couldn't see through the plasma cloud
The last ARRW TEST over Guam flew from what i somewhat heard.....it did its thing and collected the data they cried about not doing...this is the closest thing the US would have an actual operational Hypersonic missile right now....the HACM seems like it will be too late to the battle field...waiting for your update Alex..👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻
I'd like to see that...
Hypersonic missiles need propulsion in the lower atmosphere or it will slow down to a much less amazing speed as the air density increases.
I realize this question might be unanswerable in specifics due to the hypersonics price tag and capabilities not being known but I question the price of the hypersonic missiles v the stealth cruise missiles like the JASSM-XR. Since we are talking a glide vehicle that will bleed speed due to its plasma compression on its leading edges and with each maneuver as well as the material costs of the leading edge material that can withstand those conditions what is its max range, capabilities, and explosive payload? What does a JASSM cost? it being stealth is stealth a better advantage than speed? how many JASSM can we field or hypersonics for a given price?
Can the AGM-158 be deployed from the Rapid Dragon, B2,B21 can the hypersonic?
would it be better to swarm with the AGM-158 to increase hit probabilities against defense networks?
Let's the test is fully successful.
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I just got a notification for this video 6 days after it was published. Weird...
Would love to see a video on the history of Navy PMRF/Sandia KTF. I grew up on the other side of the island and constantly heard crazy rumors from secret tunnels/hangers in the mountainside, to underwater submarine docking stations. I recognize most of this is probably fabricated but it is still quite an interesting outpost with a ton of interesting history!
On a side note: I did have my own experience with a large black triangle aircraft near there while camping. It was moving slowly around 100kts or less and nearly silent. Probably at less than 500ft of altitude. Spooky( but not the gunship)
When you say "live" what exactly does that mean? Does it mean that it has explosives or just that it's a real, functional weapon and that it's gassed up for flight?
2:36 that depends on how intimate that familiarization training is.
took a few minutes after the video to understand. The program was not failing, it was going dark. Now they need to use it as a deterrent so the landscape has changed. All this tells me that the weapon has other uses than described.
Hey folks look up skybolt. It is a hypersonic cruise mille we had 63 years ago.
Skybolt was an air-launched ballistic missile like the Russian Kinzhal he mentions at 7:00
Can you do a video on the Rafale?
Chrissakes! Thought your were saying Aero!!
I think in the early 80s, late 70s the USAF tested something slightly similar. Using a special system they kicked a Pershing IRBM out the rear of a C-130 and then fired off the Pershing. Fun times.
I've been waiting for this video since Eurasian News broke the news about the AGM-183A ARRW in Guam.
I'm waiting to see the follow up after this last test they just did....and no funds for ARRW in the 2025 budget.
1200$ isn’t much for our men and women that served in our military and fought in a war. I appreciate your service and can’t thank you enough.
Pops was onto something when he christened the Mach5...
Ramjets are surprisingly simple engines in theory. The main engineering challenge is changing it into a scramjet is making it cheap enough to mass produce.
I actually no very little about engineering. So don't take me that seriously! My strength as a former US Army Intelligence analyst is my ability to understand different cultures along with an understanding of how cultures' and corruption along with defense spending affect military readiness of a given country. All of those factors and whom a countries' allies are and I can usually predict with astonishingly accuracy the outcomes of a military conflict
Just restart the Sprint missile program. We had Mach 10 in 1968 ffs!
Might be worth talking to Australia about finding space for a long distance testing range.
Yes, please! 🙏
I wouldn't be surprised if they waited for Uss Boxer to be in the area when they test ARRW. Considering the sensor capabilities of the f35B... just a thought
I have some speculation that it’s to also test the capability of THAAD to deal with hypersonic weapons since we have that set up in the pacific
possible
R27ER: took you long enough.
No notice again.
Paraphrasing ‘never miss a drop’ I guess that could infer a hypersonic drop too.
Air Power!!
Hey Alex, do you think we will try to intercept this hypersonic glide vehicle conducting 2 test at once. I think it would be a good test to see if we can intercept it. could send a huge warning to china and others?
Pointless.
Deterrence against China is impossible as their industrial prowess allows them to build millions of these missiles.
They will saturate every defense system by a hundred fold very easily.
Even their current rocket force is too much for the USA.
Can someone explain to me why we even need a hypersonic missile? What is the advantages over JASM- ER? I mean if the purpose of hypersonic is to reduce the window in which air defenses can intercept it, can’t you accomplish the same thing with very low observability? Which we do with JASM and future systems
Some targets (especially fast movers like warships) only have a limited window where they're pinpointed precisely enough for a strike. This is why China keeps touting its DF-ZF "carrier killer".
The US doesn't need it. It's why previous programs were cancelled. It's overly expensive, and enemy targets just aren't equally valuable, and we have cheaper options to protect the fleet. China won't have carriers for several more years, and I suspect if it came to it the US Navy has all kinds of ideas for sinking carriers since they've had to come up with how to defend carriers for 80 years.
This is a political demonstration both to potential adversaries like Russia, China, North Korea, even India, as well as US Congress who would probably ask why the US military doesn't have a corresponding weapon system to fill the headlines.
Speed and range. I am certain these will only be used on high value targets that are well defended - like Chinese naval ships equipped with their version of the Phalanx, which presumably can take out JASSM.
Or blustering. "We can hit you before you even know it's coming."
Time sensitive high value targets would be the main use. Basically they would take out the head of a military or country in less than 15 minutes meanwhile a jassm xr would take over 2 plus hours
Ok- question- if the major failures of the Arrow missile were things like a malfunctioning hard point on the aircraft, or faulty wiring from the aircraft to the missile….then why did they seem so quick to shut down the program? None of those issues seem like drastic, unsolvable problems. Right?? Like you said, that seems like somebody was under pressure to get things done quickly and skipped a few important steps. But none of that has anything to do with the flight operation/functionality of the missile itself. So I just don’t get it…?
Will search juice is to provide weapons familiarity to me that would indicate that they're thinking about going ahead with production and that they've had two successful tests in a row.
Un-Broken ARRW?
Then I took an ARRW to the knee...
Good 90s movie refference
'Broken arrow' also refers to nuclear warheads lost in the ocean.
Looks like an “unbreakable” Toyota Hilux at 11:00.
Uncle Sam says, “Hold my beer...” 🤣
I figure the massive counterintelligence operation that is already underway associated with this weapons test.
come and test them in Australia. we'll re-commission Woomera. It will be just like the old days!
That's the first time I've ever seen his face. I like it. Looks like a good guy.
ARRW is like a box of chocolates: The enemy never knows what they’re going to get.
THIS is AirPower!
B-52 & F-15 only? Seems almost criminal not to integrate it with the B-1B
They tested this weapon overseas not because of the open space, it was a message to China.
And Russia, and maybe even North Korea. Whoever could get sensors out there. They put out the warning with the flight area so potential adversaries could verify. The US has not active military engagements that would necessitate using it, so they have to show it off.
Yeah, we know. We watched this video.
China has far more hypersonic missiles in its arsenal.
Besides they expect these kind of development from the USA and knows that they are all useless once China blows Japan and South Korea.
apperently from what I was reading about the missile from several articals pertaining to this test that is about to go down possibly is that arrw is capable of hitting 15,000 mph nearly Mach 20. that's insane!
Mach 20 is not happening below the Karman line. Especially for HGVs. Too much atmospheric drag. Similar hypersonic weapons can go to about Mach 8 but any maneuvers will drastically reduce that speed.
@user-kl3lg7tf3n-anx1ous so the articals was over exaggerating then?
@@user-kl3lg7tf3n-anx1ous the artical came from the sun
@@user-kl3lg7tf3n-anx1ous then how is Pootin stating the avangard has a top speed of Mach 27 then?....we all know he is probably lying .......just asking a question.
@@willwozniak2826 Mach 27 during reentry is nothing exceptional for ICBMs...and Avangard IS launched like a typical ICBM-any maneuvering after being inside the atmosphere will result in pretty significant speed losses (provided the vehicle can withstand the extreme heat/drag from changes in direction).
So technically it is true that it can reach Mach 27...but not operate like a glide vehicle in Mach 27...not even close.
good weapon to defend against drifting balloons
What about the Japanese Panasonic missiles?
🤔Those really look like Philips head roofing screws in the forward section @13:12
We flexin'
Yo. The US's power projection capabilities is just insane. Seriously. Like, even if I didn't have carriers, I can still show up at your door with literally whatever the hell I feel like and of my choosing. Bruh.
@@nambu1080 Certainly more incredible than your vocabulary. Either way. Have a blessed day.
I thought we've had these for ages now. What's the relevance now?
Subtle......
Grand-daddy BUFF be schooling yet another generation of fighters on mass destruction.
Hopefully it goes better than the British trident icbm tests.
Whats the missile at 4:48 ?
Could the “OKC UFO” filmed on March 4, 2024 originally posted on TikTok but now found all over the Internet be explained by a hypersonic missile test?
Does the red ratchet strap stay on when launched?
Tankies gonna seethe!
Thought the B-1B was going to carry it.
Global Hawk, Range Hawk… Can we have a Lazerhawk?
11:38 Uncle Sam has decided to stop testing hypersonic weapons in its own backyard and start testing it in the Pacific for adequate space.
At the same time troll China-which is good. Very good
I love your smile when you say: We gonna test it in China's backyard..
We've had this technology floating around in our back pocket since the late 50s, early 60s. We didn't build it then because it was unnecessary. Like using a chainsaw to cut butter. Now, however, our main Potential Adversaries are developing this stuff. What do we do? We dig around in our back pocket, where we keep Iowa Class Battleships, Nuclear Pumped X-Ray Lasers, Tesla's Particle Beams and all kinds of stuff like that, till we find the stuff we're looking for. Then, we dust off the old research and start building an Air Launched Hypersonic Missile. This turned out to be a door China and Russia should have Left Closed. We already did the R&D on this stuff. Back when I was a Little Kid.
Too bad. For Them.
Why would do they want to do it
Wasn't the AGM-183 cancelled last year? The program was cancelled in March 2023 after multiple failed tests. Yeah, it's the same ARRW program. Are they doing something new recently?
With the price of heavy launches to low earth orbit now at around $700 a pound it seems that satellite dropped glide missiles, difficult to defend against and freed from the cost and weight of fuel and propulsion systems, would be effective against many air, seaborne and land targets.
Thoughts?
What about Talon-A reusable hypersonic vehicle?