News US-developed hypersonic missile hit within 6 inches of target, says Army secretary

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The U.S. tested a hypersonic glide body March 19, 2020, from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. (U.S. Navy)​

WASHINGTON — U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy reported in his speech at the Association of the U.S. Army conference that the Pentagon’s hypersonic missile hit within 6 inches of its target.

“Hypersonic missiles are hitting their targets with a variance of only a mere 6 inches,” he said during his speech at the virtual opening ceremony Oct. 13.
McCarthy was referring to the Army and Navy’s successful hypersonic glide body flight test this year, which launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, on March 19, an Army spokesperson confirmed.

The Common-Hypersonic Glide Body, or C-HGB, launched and flew at hypersonic speed to “a designated impact point,” according to a statement issued the day of the test.
Hypersonic weapons are capable of flying faster than Mach 5 — much faster than the speed of sound — and can maneuver between varying altitudes and azimuths, making it harder to detect.

The C-HGB — made up of the weapon’s warhead, guidance system, cabling and thermal protection shield — will serve as the base of the Pentagon’s offensive hypersonic missile. Each of the services are developing appropriate launching systems.

The Army is developing a ground-launched capability and plans to field a battery-sized hypersonic weapon to soldiers by 2023.
Lockheed Martin is serving as the lead weapons integrator for the system onto a mobile truck, and Dynetics Technical Solutions is the first to learn how to build the glide body for production.
The Army is gearing up for another flight test in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 followed by a second flight test in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood told Defense News in an interview ahead of the AUSA conference. Then there will be two more flight tests in the third quarter of FY22, Thurgood added.
“So we’ll start the sequence now where we really accelerate our flight testing,” he said.

The Army plans to deliver a hypersonic missile and launcher to a unit in the fourth quarter of FY21.
Six days ago, Russia reported a successful test launch of its Zircon hypersonic missile, saying it hit a target in the Barents Sea, according to The Associated Press.
Both China and Russia are actively developing and testing their respective hypersonic missile capabilities.

US-developed hypersonic missile hit within 6 inches of target, says Army secretary

The Army secretary hailed the hypersonic missile's accuracy in his opening speech at the annual AUSA conference

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Hypersonic Missile Tests Demonstrate 6-in. Accuracy, U.S. Army Says | Aviation Week Network

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy’s remarks during a keynote speech at the Association of the U.S. Army’s virtual annual meeting appear to confirm the previously unannounced accuracy results from the Flight Experiment (FE)-2 test.

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Interesting:

But the half-foot accuracy is impressive for a long-range weapon that is able to maneuver within the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds. It also may suggest the weapon lacks a warhead capable of producing a large area of damage or destruction, so that level of accuracy is necessary.

The Army plans to field an operational prototype of the LRHW in fiscal 2023. The next flight test, scheduled next year, will integrate the CHGB on a newly designed, 34.5-in.-dia. booster stack for the first time.

 

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But the half-foot accuracy is impressive for a long-range weapon that is able to maneuver within the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds. It also may suggest the weapon lacks a warhead

I mean by it's kinetic energy alone would mean a sure destruction on the opposing end of this.

 

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Lockheed Martin shares new details about hypersonic program​

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ByDylan Malyasov

Oct 7, 2020

Modified date: Oct 7, 2020

Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has released new details about a hypersonic weapons development in support of the focus in long-range precision strike missiles.
The U.S. Department of Defense expects that advanced missile and hypersonic vehicle technologies will enhance end-to-end strike force systems, increasing the potential for deterring future threats.
As noted by the company, as a result of investing in developing and demonstrating Mach 5 technology for over 30 years, Lockheed Martin is at the forefront of operationalizing hypersonic capabilities, systems and engineering.
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According to the company, it is uniquely situated to be able to deliver hypersonic strike systems as well as the ability to detect, track and defeat hypersonic threats.
“We are developing technology that is incredibly fast and precise to defend the nation and our allies against hypersonic threats,” it said in a statement. “Hypersonic defensive capabilities require a multi-layered approach across all phases of flight detection, tracking and interception. Integration and interoperability are vital elements to connect each layer of this architecture.”
Currently, Lockheed Martin works on Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) and Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) programs.
The ARRW program matures critical technologies to high speed flight and accelerates the weaponization of Hypersonic strike capabilities. The ARRW program brings corporation-wide experience in design, manufacturing, integration and test, and fielding of complex technologies to customers in the Department of Defense.
IRCPS is a hypersonic boost glide missile development and test program that enables longer range, shorter time of flight and high survivability against enemy defenses.
LRHW will leverage the common hypersonic glide body and introduce a new class of ultrafast and maneuverable long-range missiles with the ability to launch from ground mobile platforms.
The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin already successfully flight tested the second AGM-183A ARRW on the service’s B-52 Stratofortress out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Aug. 8, 2020.

This captive carry flight was conducted with tactical hardware and fully instrumented to collect thermal, mechanical and digital data from the flight vehicle. This is the first time a tactical ARRW missile has been assembled. Additional ground and flight testing will follow over the next two years.
“The team overcame significant challenges driven by the COVID-19 pandemic to achieve this significant milestone for the program,” said Dave Berganini, ARRW program director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “This captive carry mission is the pre-cursor for our first booster test flight planned for early 2020s.”

https://defence-blog.com/news/lockheed-martin-shares-new-details-about-hypersonic-program.html

 

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Commedy in article
It says that new hypersonic missiles can reach from Pekin to New York in 1 min 40 seconds. Is there a hipersonic missile has a speed of 360 mach?

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