The US Air Force conducted the second test of a full-fledged prototype of the AGM-183 ARRW hypersonic missile

The United States continues to implement a program to create a hypersonic weaponstrying to catch up with Russia and China in this component. The US Air Force has conducted regular tests of the prototype of the latest air-to-ground hypersonic missile, created as part of the ARRW (Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon) program.

According to Defense News, which refers to a statement by the Air Force command, on March 13, 2023, the second test of the AGM-183A hypersonic missile prototype took place. The launch of the rocket, as in previous times, was carried out by a B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

Whether the trial was successful is currently unclear. The Air Force said in a statement that during the launch of the rocket it was possible to "achieve some goals" and that's it. The Americans did not disclose any other details.

The first launch of a full-fledged AGM-183A prototype took place on December 13 last year, the rocket exceeded the speed of sound by five times during the flight, all devices and mechanisms of the rocket worked in the normal mode, the tests were recognized as successful.

In the summer of 2022, the US Air Force announced the completion of the testing phase of various AGM-183A ARRW missile systems and the transition to testing a full-fledged prototype. Except for the December test, until July last year, the Americans conducted 12 launches, of which nine were unsuccessful.

The AGM-183A ARRW missile is being created in response to similar developments in Russia and China. The B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers (four missiles per "strategist") will be the first to receive a hypersonic missile. In the future, they plan to put it into service with promising strategic bombers B-21 Raider.

Comments

[voice of reason]

And in plundered Russia, oppressed by capitalist oligarchs, hypersound is on alert, however .... And even in hostilities it is already being used.

[fa2998]

Well, Russia is at war. And the United States is in no hurry. And we have a land-based missile "transferred" to aviation, the Americans are making aircraft from scratch.
Now the "jambs" will be corrected, "and let's look at the funding budget, they will catch up and overtake, if necessary. The resources of the economies are different.

[Zamira]

Quote: voice of reason

And even in hostilities it is already used.

Yes, somehow it is not applied in such a way that it is very ... A couple of times, and that's it ... - silence ...

[75 Sergey]

Expensive and inappropriate, everything has its time, we are waiting for the fire brigade.

[Silver99]

I wonder what will appear behind hypersound, a combat laser? Apparently everything described in the literature of the past comes true submarines, flights to the moon, and now engineer Garin's hyperboloid.

[Amin_vivec]

An inexpensive hypersonic anti-missile should appear behind the hypersonic strike missile.

[malyvalv]

Judging by the fact that it is stated that some goals have been achieved, then for sure the rocket managed to unhook from the mount in time. Not like last time. Progress is obvious.

[point]

appreciate the beauty of the presentation

full prototype testing

and they don’t lie that they launched a rocket, but it’s quite a full-fledged one!
I really would like to see the original title, I envy the master

[rotmistr60]

They are testing a prototype, and have already requested money for the production of hypersonic missiles. So far, not everything is smooth and natural due to the fault of the Russians, who, according to President Trump, stole American technology and, obviously, along with calculations, drawings and other stray, left the Americans with nothing. The poor have had to start over, and that's why they fall behind.

[U-58]

It would be very strange if the Americans did not get involved in an arms race over lagging positions.
The great technological power that is America will certainly balance the hypersonic theme.
As for testing, it can be assumed that the rocket
- started, but did not fall like a stone down;
- did not explode, because the combustion system in the main engine is brought to mind;
- flew to a given aiming area;
- did not hit the target due to the imperfection of the guidance system.
Such results at this stage can be regarded as acceptable and encouraging.

[Zamira]

Quote: U-58

Such results at this stage can be regarded as acceptable and encouraging.

And this is somehow not very "encouraging" ... We then "have not started yet."
It seems that we are waiting for the states to have something to answer. So to speak - to our hypersound with its hypersound ...
And then it’s not good somehow, it’s unsportsmanlike ...

[Karl123]

The more perfect the weapon in one, the more nuances that reduce its advantages to zero. Such weapons can be defeated by falling into rain or snow. Not to mention the fact that shooting at him simply from a fraction is more or less approximately on the way. No lasers are needed, just reduce the reaction time and send a cloud of pica shot in the direction of flight.

[KSVK]

Quote: Karl123

pica shot cloud.

And what is this interesting fraction?
I know the "snipe" shot, but I have not seen or heard about the "picasin" shot.

[point]

Pixies are launched with slings. Ordinary combat units, riveted in the druid village at moonrise.

[voyaka uh]

1) Vanguard is a strategic nuclear weapon.
Nuclear warhead, an unpowered gliding aircraft with ICBMs.

2) Zircon (which is so secret that a rocket without
nobody saw the container ) is RCC.
Skeptics say that Zircon is an ordinary Onyx with a booster,
given acceleration, which flies along a high trajectory.

3) The dagger is a slightly modified air-launched Iskander.

This is Russia's hypersonic weapon.

America is developing tactical battlefield weapons.
1) Tactical "ala Vanguard." Glider separating from
operational-tactical BR.
2) KR, flying in the dense layers of the atmosphere at hyper-speed.