In the USA: The risk for the B-52H missile carrier during unsuccessful tests of the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile was not zero

Recently, reports came from the United States about unsuccessful tests of a promising hypersonic air-launched missile AGM-183A ARRW. As already reported by Voennoye Obozreniye, the rocket left the pylon, but almost immediately exploded when its own engine was turned on. Recall that the tests were carried out using the US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber as a carrier.

In a release from the US military, it was reported that the engine of the AGM-183A ARRW rocket was ignited. After that, a commission was formed, which began to study the circumstances of unsuccessful tests of hypersonic weapons American made.

According to the latest data, the commission at the preliminary stage of its work identified problems that are associated with the fuel used. It is stated that at the moment of ignition, excess energy is generated, which leads to the ignition of "a significant volume of rocket fuel." In turn, the implementation of the "withdrawal" of excess energy, by and large, is already meaningless, since volumetric detonation occurs. As a result, the rocket simply explodes.

An important aspect that the American commission draws attention to is that during flight tests "the possibility of hitting the carrier with the tested hypersonic missile was not completely ruled out."

American experts say that, in fact, there was a risk of hitting the carrier aircraft. After all, the detonation of the rocket fuel immediately after the start of its engine operation could pose a threat when taking into account the relatively small distance at which the hypersonic munition was located from the aircraft.

Experts referring to the US Air Force Commission:

The risk for the B-52H missile carrier during unsuccessful tests of the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile was not zero.

At the moment, the parameters of the dynamics of the rocket at the time of its explosion and, most importantly, its distance from the B-52H Stratofortress are being studied. Based on these parameters, a modified concept of new tests will be developed, which, it is reported, should be reduced to "zero risk" for the carrier aircraft.

Comments

[Popandos]

And let's try it one more time, please, you still have a lot of these 52s.

[Anarchist]

This rocket is so fast, already at launch I thought that it was already at the target

[Lionnvrsk]

Quote: Anarchist

This rocket is so fast, already at launch I thought that it was already at the target

Well, it's not for nothing that Trump called her - super-duper-missile!

[Cheshire]

Most likely, the 52nd was damaged) in the explosion, they just do not want to publicize it.

[marchcat]

excess energy is generated at the moment of ignition

And on earth to such a conclusion, there is no way to come or what ??? It is imperative to lift it into the air. The Americans are in a hurry, oh and in a hurry!

[bar]

Quote: marchcat

The Americans are in a hurry, oh and in a hurry!

What is there to do? The budget is probably already "mastered", but there is nothing to report yet.

[knn54]

- "the possibility of hitting the carrier with the tested hypersonic missile was not completely ruled out."
An encore (as requested by someone from the members of the forum) will not work.

[Popandos]

I asked in the comments to the previous article, but they do not want

[rotmistr60]

excess energy is generated, which leads to the ignition of a "significant volume of rocket fuel". In turn, the implementation of the "withdrawal" of excess energy, by and large, is already meaningless, since there is a volumetric detonation.

Another problem that will have to be solved for more than one day, and possibly a month. The Americans are lagging behind significantly and they themselves feel it, therefore they are in a hurry. And haste often leads to irreparable consequences.

[iouris]

Flights are the deliberate creation of the risk of an accident.

[sifgame]

They saw the loot in black, hung a rusty pipe, blew it up, and then cut the cabbage. This is not this for you, you need to understand this.

[rocket757]

In the USA: The risk for the B-52H missile carrier during unsuccessful tests of the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic missile was not zero

And now what?
They want to fry eggs without breaking eggs ???
You can try, but what is the result, the question is ???

[dzvero]

what the result will be

The next time the rocket explodes at a safe distance from the carrier ...

[rocket757]

Different options ... their deeds, let them dare.

[tralflot1832]

Krivoruchko: Zircon tests will be completed this year !!! Just.

[Vlad5307]

Quote: dzvero

what the result will be

The next time the rocket explodes at a safe distance from the carrier ...

God grant that it is safe. If they do not buy another traitor-carrier of secrets in the Russian Federation, then they will cut for a long time.

[andr327]

Bad, good, but moving forward. Weapon testing is a very dangerous thing. They will finish the budget, they will finish the rocket too. which with XX% will perform the task. It's nice that not everything goes well and quickly for them, but a qualitative analysis of failures and accidents is still a step forward.

[gridasov]

With a huge amount of permeable data, and plus variables, processes in the dynamics of development of a particular process, the variability is very large. Therefore, no matter how tired of failures. The theoretical basis is important here - fully verified and substantiated

[tralflot1832]

Not a single one in the comments, a fan of the USA, is not their topic. They are on the Patriot. I have a question: What kind of rocket is this, does not want to fly? I don’t believe that it was not tested on the ground at first on the stand. It looks like: Born to crawl, not to fly. maybe! or maybe, but not for long.

[gridasov]

It all looks like manual control of chaos. In other words, a complete lack of understanding of the processes and their solutions is obvious. One problem is solved - it creates another, and so on. Thus, the prospects are very bleak.