Just days earlier, the Pentagon announced a major breakthrough with the successful interception of an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
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U.S. The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced the successful testing of a high-powered Dark Eagle weapon developed jointly by the Army and Navy.
The two forces intend to use the same hypersonic glider warhead, the C-HGB, whose booster rockets can be launched from land or ships, including a Zumwalt-class destroyer and a Virginia-class submarine
The most recent test launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, announced by the Pentagon on Wednesday, involved the Army's officially named Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
According to the DoD, the previously announced test was from the Hawaiian island of Kauai in June. Elements of the Army’s booster missile geo-mobile platform for the first time in the use of a battery factory, transporter and erector launcher The new tests were different
The weapon reportedly has a range of 1,725 miles (2,775 km), a top speed of over 3,800 miles per hour (6,115 km/h), equivalent to Mach 5, and is designated as a supersonic missile in
The United States had a commitment not to have an LRHW below that range under the now-defunct Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which limits conventional surface-to-surface nuclear capability to a specific range in 2018, Washington withdrew from the treaty.
The integrated system was delayed, and the Army told Bloomberg in September 2023 that it had missed its goal of fielding the system by the end of FY2023.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon heralded a major defense achievement, reporting that the US Missile Defense Agency has for the first time conducted a successful interception of an air-launched medium-range ballistic missile in Guam.