Hypersonic drone Vintage Racer in the US plans to use to break through the air defense system

In the United States announced the conduct of new flight tests drone, which, as stated, in one of the sections of the trajectory accelerates to hypersonic speeds. Tests, according to American media, took place in May as part of the Vintage Racer program implemented by the US military.

In fact, we are talking about robotic ammunition. However, in the American military-technical nomenclature, they prefer to call it "drone-kamikaze". On this basis, experts conclude that the actual substitution of concepts. After all, departing, for example, from tank guns, shells, the initial speed is also, in fact, hypersonic. But hardly anyone would dare to call a conventional tank shell "hypersonic weapons". In the USA, they did this by slightly changing the terminology - instead of the term “ammunition” it was decided to use the term “drone”. Moreover, there is no exact data on exactly which section of the trajectory he flies on hypersound.

The Vintage Racer program has been funded since 2017. About $ 2,5 million was spent in the first year of funding, and about $ 2018 million was spent in 1,2. By the standards of the US military budget, these are “pennies”. But now it has been declared "effective spending of funds and obtaining the latest type of weapons."

The Pentagon is trying to explain how the Vintage Racer differs from conventional ammunition. It is stated that he is able to "pursue goals of interest."

Earlier reports of wind tunnel tests. The tests were considered successful. After them, it was stated that the "kamikaze drone" is capable of moving at a speed of about 5 M. Additionally, it is noted that the Vintage Racer is a "highly maneuverable" weapon with a "high degree of survivability to achieve the target." One of the tasks posed by the Pentagon to the developers of this munition is to enter the enemy’s air defense zone with the destruction of the means of this anti-aircraft (missile) defense. The drone kamikaze, in the plans of the US military command, will be able to "pave the way" for manned assets aviation.

Comments

[Lopatov]

Y-yes ....
Well, how do you take American statements about "a drone is not a cruise missile, it’s completely different, and despite the wording of the Treaty, restrictions should not apply to them."

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: Spade

Well, how to perceive after this

Three options - a cunning anus, indifference to the opinions of others or the promotion of national interests. In general, the process of merging several types of weapons in one sample is obvious, it has been going on for quite some time .. and not only in a drone-rocket pair ..

[novel66]

smells of ponty, where is hypersound coming from ..

[eklmn]

The fact is that this drone is launched for a couple of thousand kilometers. Having passed through the anti-aircraft defense zone in hypersound, the drone can barrage at low speed, looking for targets with its sensors for itself or their transmission. If he chose, then eliminates it.
“As soon as the Vintage Racer concept appeared, a Russian political and military expert noted that such an idea was discussed as an opportunity in the hypersonic weapons community.
“The fear is that a hypersonic 'something' could reach the patrol zone of mobile launchers of ICBMs after penetrating any possible air and missile defense, and then do with loitering, which will detect launchers in the forests,” said Dmitry Stefanovich, an expert Russian International Affairs Council. ""
A cruise missile cannot switch from a hypersound to the speed of a maize; this drone can.

[KCA]

To pursue goals of interest in hypersound ... Interestingly, does the projectile choose goals itself? Do not get tired of 7 and more MAX for interest shy away?

[Invoce]

Americans are great PR managers! And their economy is the strongest (Apple's value exceeds the value of the entire Russian economy !!! ), and the army is the strongest , and American voters and the population are freest, and any shell is already a hypersonic drone!

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Invoce

Americans are great PR managers! And their economy is the strongest (Apple’s value exceeds the value of the entire Russian economy !!!), and the army is the strongest, and American voters and the population are freest, and any shell is already a hypersonic drone!

Gentlemen BELIEVE a word !!! Once said - it means so!

[KVU-NSVD]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Gentlemen take the word!

"Here it was my suit and flooded .." (c)

[novel66]

Well. any BOPS is already hypersound

[tikhonov66]

and the blacks they have are the most law-abiding
and the looters they have the smartest
and their politicians are the most corrupt.
8-))
- typical "hail on a hill"
8-)))

[Mountain shooter]

Not collapsed in the wind tunnel? Well, that means you can already take it into service ... the main thing is to crow ... That's because storytellers!

[Terenin]

Pentagon: It is stated that it is capable of “pursuing goals of interest.”

We know these goals of the United States, to find master keys to hack any country and rob it again. They call "master keys" - the introduction of American democracy and ideology. And, Pentagon, this is a workshop for sharpening these "master keys".
Py.Sy.
By the way, the American inventor Alfred Hobbs became the manufacturer of the first "professional" lockpick, who received several patents for his lockpicks and in 1851 founded Hobbs Hart & Co. Ltd, which traded in master keys.

[novel66]

they are bad people, all the remaining Indians know this .. Gene!

[Terenin]

Quote: novel xnumx

they are bad people, all the remaining Indians know this .. Gene!

... and the rest of the world are African Americans ...
Novel

[novel66]

whoo! segregation will end when a black man can be called a black man !!!

[Terenin]

Quote: novel xnumx

whoo! segregation will end when a black man can be called a black man !!!

Silent you, not a tolerant military man otherwise you’ll get before the back until the end ... segregation ...

[APASUS]

It looks more like an advertisement, which is not there, but the advertisement is already running. They mixed everything together, maneuvering and pursuing a target, for one they shoved the drone kamikaze capable of moving at a speed of about 5 M.

[knn54]

Judging by the tasks and funds allocated for the project, it is most likely a barrage drone, but with small-sized hypersonic weapons.

[Maks1995]

What did you want?
The cartoons race is running, the stealth race is running, and now the Hypersound race is running.

The military-industrial complex of America joyfully rubs their hands: Drugan help, many thanks verbally to them ...

[Dysindich]

Quote: APASUS

It looks more like an advertisement, which is not there, but the advertisement is already running. They mixed everything together, maneuvering and pursuing a target, for one they shoved the drone kamikaze capable of moving at a speed of about 5 M.

Well, what was blown through the pipe - we just made sure that "flows around, somehow by 5M". Now, it remains to figure out how to make this crap develop these 5M (these are the minimum speeds for hypersound), and even more interesting how to control this thing (and with this question, they have a long-standing and unsolved plug ). And everything will end with an awesome wrestling throne (with the same fate as the first one). (but with maneuvering, it turns out - lying ...)