Joe Saballa – The Defense Report Dec 20, 2021
The US Air Force AGM-183A air-launched rapid response weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile has failed a test for the third time, according to a recent report by The Warzone.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Command’s Armament Directorate revealed that the prototype missile failed to detach from its B-52H bomber host due to an unknown error.
“On 15 Dec. 2021, the Department of the Air Force attempted a booster test flight of the AGM-183A ARRW from a B-52 Stratofortress,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Heath Collins told the media outlet. “The launch sequence was aborted before release with an unknown issue.”
He added that the missile system would be returned to the factory to analyze its telemetry and onboard data. He said that the service would resume testing the hypersonic weapon “as quickly as possible.”
In April, the inaugural test of the American hypersonic missile was unsuccessful due to an issue with the aircraft carrying it. Three months later, the weapon separated successfully from the B-52H bomber in a second flight test, but its rocket engine failed to ignite.
‘Not Satisfied’
The AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile is designed to propel to a designated altitude and release an unpowered hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, approaching targets at more than Mach 5.
The weapon has a high degree of maneuverability, rapidly changing course to make it extremely difficult for enemy forces to spot, track, and defend against.
The service had planned to conduct three booster tests this year. Air Force secretary Frank Kendall admitted that he is “not satisfied” with the pace of the missile development.
“We’re making some progress on the technology; I would like to see it be better,” he told Breaking Defense.
Retired Air Force Gen. John Hyten remarked that the service needs to be worried because the US has only conducted nine hypersonic missile tests, whereas China has already carried out “hundreds” of missile trials.
“Single digits vs hundreds is not a good place,” he said.
Don’t get sucked in by this alleged failure.
In 1967, the X-15 Rocket Plane set a record of 4520 mph… 1967! It is also rumoured that a darivative of the SR-71 could travel in deep space & this would no doubt be classed as part of the US black space program.
I digress a little. I have no doubt the US has hypersonic weapons, like the one that hit Tianjin in 2015. This was probably a kinitic weapon.
There’s a lot going on that we don’t know about. When Putin says the US doesn’t yet have hypersonic weapons, I’d take that with a pinch of salt.
They not oly have a small one, but they can’t even get it up, patehtic.
1000 LOL’s
All this waeponry and space stuff is German in origin
once the jews were removed from the top rungs of Germany
they soared ahead in medicine human rights and space rockets
Dr Werner von Braun and his teams work is still used today by the USA and Russia
Stalin and Rosvelt would not let that ” drunken bum ” churchill have any of the operation paperclip scientists, as churchill was seen as a joke.
Today a new series of vids has been released called Hitler in scotland
this bunk has so caled eye witnesses seeing hitler and eva walking round their highland estate and forged FBI papers and documents are also on the vid
they are determined to keep this going, its absolute bunk, he dies by his own hand at the wars end
Divine Rights of Kings
Mystic and Yogi
Too bad the malfunction wasn’t that the surely grossly over-priced hunk of shit didn’t slam into the Pentagon or CDC and incinerate every piece of scum in them.
well said i am sick to death of all these vids about hitler is still alive in chile argentine scotland even palestine
its all nonsense
some say he is still alive aged 105 angela merkel is his daughter he is a rothschild
he a secret homosexual he is an alien
and he works at a chip shop in bournemouth
ignore it all its all bullshit
@george cook. I agree 100% Hitler was a brave man he was decorated six times in the First World War for bravery.
His great sin was too stand against the bankers.
He would of never abandoned Germany.
If we can’t close the missile test gap we are all done foer cap’n