The LRHW hypersonic missile system participated for the first time in the US Air Force's Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise

Army hypersonic missile The LRHW system first participated in the US Air Force's Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise, where electronic missile launches were conducted.

During the exercises, several transport and launch containers were demonstrated simultaneously. The program of the event, among other things, included the transfer of this weapon to another state.

There is currently only one LRHW hypersonic battery that has not yet entered service with the military, participating in various testing events. This time, it took part in the eight-day Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise, organized by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The training events took place across the United States over the eight days in early August. They involved approximately XNUMX U.S. troops representing four branches of the armed forces, as well as their allies from the British Royal Air Force and the Australian Air Force.

Bamboo Eagle is a guarantee that we are ready for any situation. We train in various conditions, from land to air and sea, so we are ready for anything.

" said Lieutenant Colonel Alex Rich, director of operations for the 57th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base.

Hypersonic missile launchers had never been used in US Air Force exercises before – this was the first time.

LRHW Dark Eagle is a hypersonic missile weapon medium-range surface-to-surface missile developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. It can be deployed on land-based carriers, as well as on ships and submarines. These missiles are capable of reaching speeds of up to Mach 17 and hitting targets at a distance of up to three thousand kilometers.

Comments

[75 Sergey]

It seems that the secret of hypersonic technology is no longer a secret for the Americans.
Why are the containers so big (long)?!

[fsvlad]

This length is due to the booster block. In the Kinzhal, this role is performed by the MiG-31 :)

[Lemon]

and what about Zircon, if it fits into a standard cell for the caliber??

[SovAr238A]

So how much energy is needed for a range of 3000 and a speed of 6000 km/h? That's why the first stage is long.
Later there will be boosters, possibly of shorter length, for installation on the Zumvolts (tests in 2 months).

[Zyablicev43]

Roughly 17 Mach is 5 km/sec. Multiply by 3600 sec. Total? Km/hour...

[Sergeant_Soviet_Army]

20800 km/h. Hard to believe.

[Xenofont]

All this is amazing, but where is our response to the American short- and medium-range missiles? They could at least hint at similar missiles from our military-industrial complex.

[solar]

Looks like the secret remains. request

The missile was tested on June 28, 2024. Now they are working on the tactics of use - storage, transportation, etc. They are also preparing to test the missile from Zamvolt.

[paul3390]

Electronic missile launches were carried out on them.

This way I can even launch a Death Ray from an Imperial Destroyer... Show me some real launches, and even hit the target, then we'll talk.

[Lemon]

Bravo, colleague, I applaud you standing up!!)))

[ALCA056000]

Yeah, I liked it too: "...Army hypersonic missile system..." And where are the missiles for this system? Or does the "system" itself fly hypersonic?

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

«Bamboo Eagle» —

- As you name the bird, so it will fly...

[SovAr238A]

Actually, she's Dark Eagle.
And Bamboo is the name of the teachings.

[tralflot1832]

On the launch containers there are only traces of the tractor exhaust. In the containers - "bald", empty / empty. But it's cool.

[opuonmed]

Well, they'll slap them together and then use them.

[Stardock]

We're not the only ones with show-offs and dolls. Whether this thing flies or not is unknown.
Until now we have been told that we are the leader in hypersonic weapons.
Our hypersonic Kinzhal is just an airborne version of the missile from the long-known Iskander.

[SovAr238A]

Flies.
This summer I flew from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands.
Over 3000 km.

[Stardock]

Thanks for the information. We need to keep an eye on this powerful weapon.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Stardock

We're not the only ones with show-offs and dolls.

Quote: Stardock

Until now we have been told that we are the leader in hypersonic weapons.

Besides Iskander and Dagger:

Avangard is a Russian missile system. It was put on combat duty in December 2019.

Zircon is a Russian hypersonic anti-ship missile. It entered service in January 2023.

And who is the leader if the Dark Eagle is planned to be accepted into service no earlier than the end of 2025, and in the meantime, electronic launches are being carried out during exercises?

Meanwhile, the Chinese are also working hard on this, and quite successfully. They tested their DF-27 missile system back in February 2023 and are mastering new modifications. They may well overtake the Americans.

[voyaka uh]

Different categories:
Avangard and Kinzhal are operational-tactical ballistic missiles.
Zircon is a tactical cruise missile.
The Americans have a LRHW Dark Eagle - a ballistic missile medium range.
It belongs to the strategic forces and is a response to similar Chinese missiles.

[Montezuma]

Quote: voyaka uh

Avangard and Kinzhal are operational-tactical ballistic missiles.

The designers and developers will be surprised to learn that the Avangard is not a strategic intercontinental missile system at all!

Available data show that the Russian Strategic Missile Forces have received a unique strike system with a number of key capabilities. The missile system with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle is capable of solving the same tasks as intercontinental ballistic missiles with traditional warheads, but has a number of advantages. The latter are directly related to overcoming enemy missile defenses.

[voyaka uh]

You're right!
My gross typo - I wanted to write "Iskander and Dagger", but wrote "Avangard and Dagger".
Avangard is a strategic glider - a warhead launched from an ICBM.

[hugoborz]

This rocket looks like an analogue of Avangard... the rocket is launched into space, reaching the required separation point of the hypersonic block, which, overcoming the dense layers of the atmosphere, flies to the target. The main problems of such a system are materials that do not burn at such a speed and the ability to control the system. As for Zircon, Russia is the leader for now.

[solar]

The LRHW Dark Eagle is a ballistic missile-based glider.

[voyaka uh]

I don't really understand the advantage of gliders.
Braking against the atmosphere occurs in any case: both with a flat trajectory (glider) and with an almost vertical trajectory (conventional warhead).
But in the case of a glider, the heating is different - the lower part. And in a regular one, it is uniform.
Accuracy is easier to ensure with a traditional warhead.
The only advantage of gliders is that it is more difficult to calculate the meeting point and shoot down oncoming aircraft.

[solar]

I don't really understand the advantage of gliders.

Possibly shorter detection range.

[by land]

So what? The Iskander is a good missile with a proven track record, and the Iskander-M variant has some terminal maneuvering and electronic warfare capabilities. I'll let you in on a little secret: "Hypersonic" is just a buzzword, and there have been missiles flying faster than Mach 50 since the 10s. The only thing that matters is how easy it is to shoot it down.

[Thrifty]

They could have just rolled a tractor without a trailer, if the launches are electronic! Are there at least missiles there, or missile models, so the launches are electronic???

[andrey martov]

This is an American wonder weapon - "17 Makhom we will beat all enemies!"...

[fsvlad]

At the moment, the West is absolutely defenseless against hypersonics. And it doesn't have its own yet. IMHO, this is our historic chance to stop the world's evil. We can argue about the methods, but another such opportunity may not present itself.

[SovAr238A]

Have you ever seen Iskander and his brother Dagger explode?
So take a look.
This is not some kind of superweapon.
This is a regular OTR missile.
Not with the greatest damaging effect.
Ours use Iskanders not at any strategic targets, but at ordinary self-propelled guns, MLRS, and SAM systems.
Who put it into your head that hypersonics are a weapon of victory and a wonder weapon?
Propaganda from every iron?
Look at things realistically.

There are plenty of videos on the Internet showing the results of our hypersonic strikes and their targets.

[Oleg Fedechkin]

It's just that the Dagger and Iskander were intended as nuclear weapons carriers!!!

[voyaka uh]

"At the moment, the West is absolutely defenseless against hypersonic weapons"///
----
This is not true.
The Americans have THAAD - against medium-range ballistic missiles and ICBMs when they descend on a target.

And there is SM-6. Against operational-tactical ballistic missiles.
The first successful combat interception from a destroyer over the Red Sea was recently carried out.

Finally, there's GBM. In Alaska vs. ICBM.

None of these systems give 100% results. But the systems are operational and in service.

[rocket757]

No one at all will be able to repel a real, massive missile attack...
The question is, what will those missiles "bring"?
In general, all the BIGGEST and most important ones are under threat of an ultimatum strike.
They know this and try not to step over the edge, after which there is no return.

[Amateur]

Electronic missile launches were carried out on them.

With electronic missile launches, I will destroy the clone army, all the Jedi combined, as well as the Martians and Tau-Kitans in two counts.
But whether these gackets actually fly is a big question.

[SovAr238A]

Fly.
Learn the materiel.

[Amateur]

Fly.
Learn the materiel.

Link to the material please

[SovAr238A]

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11991

There is a paragraph that starts with Successful LRHW Flight Test
June 28 2024.
And further in the text ...

[Amateur]

Do you mean the test described there on June 28, 24? And where is it written there that it is precisely hypersonic and that the test confirmed the characteristics?

[Quantity]

Wikipedia - By the end of 2024, the US Department of Defense wants to test the JFC-4 missile, performing cold launches on a test stand to demonstrate the ability to launch from Zumwalt-class destroyers. And in early 2025, conduct a final test of the JFC-5.[8]
That is, the complex, but the rocket is not ready yet.

[solar]

The missile is ready and has been tested from a ground launcher. Now they are preparing tests from a ship launcher Zamvoltov.

[Ivan F]

"With electronic missile launches, I will destroy the clone army in no time" - no need for clones, start at least not with the American, but with the "European" army. Hit their cities with all your might, otherwise they freely shoot at ours. Or you are not strong against them, you are more against the "Martians".

[Amateur]

Hit their cities with all your might, otherwise they shoot at ours freely. Or you are not strong against them, you are more against the "Martians". laughing

As you requested, to the European army, electronic missile, 4-3-2-1- launch! All targets hit.

[Ivan F]

Yeah, and they hit ours with a real one in response. That's the whole difference. On the one hand, decision makers and actors, and on the other, amateurs.

[nordscout]

If THIS is true, and not another "fake" from the "depths" of the Pentagon, then we can "congratulate" ourselves on the development of hypersonic weapons by the "star-spangled" enemy... Yes, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was right when he said that great desire and very big money make great things happen... Although...

[Sergey Koltakov]

We've been to the moon again, you don't have it now, but you're used to lying))) ❗❗❗

[Sergey Koltakov]

We've been to the moon again, you don't have it now, but you're used to lying))) ❗❗❗

[avdkrd]

And when did the Americans manage to conduct at least one successful test of their wonder weapon? Electronic launches are from the category of wet dreams. They also physically could not have rivet them. It looks very much like misleading. Puffing out their cheeks to seem bigger)))

[by land]

The airframe has been tested since 2017, the booster since 2020. The first launch of a full system took place in June 2024. Success. In general, unlike the vast majority of other armed forces, the US publicly announces both successful and unsuccessful tests.

[Big_Rocket_does_Bang]

All the same, the prospects of this missile are unclear. I am not happy that the US literally brought its projects to the final stage, but refused something. The same SAU XM2001 and XM1299 were cancelled at the last moment, the first due to the gigantic cost, the second due to the extremely weak wear resistance of the barrel. Moreover, it seems to me that the cost may rather be the main reason for the failure of this system. Just think about it, 41 million dollars for one missile, an exorbitant price!!! For comparison, the Trident 2 missile, the main US nuclear missile, a full-fledged intercontinental, with enormous speed and combat load, cost the Americans 30 million dollars, cheaper than this IRBM. According to rumors, the Chinese DF-17 with characteristics not much worse, costs only 5 million dollars. That is, the target at which the American missile should fly should be GOLD!

[by land]

You are right, there will be few targets for this missile. It is a strategic asset, not an operational or tactical one. In my opinion, it will only be used for missions of great strategic or political importance, such as preventing an imminent nuclear launch (certainly not by China or Russia, but by countries with limited nuclear capabilities, such as North Korea or perhaps a future Iran). Or to kill the leadership in one blow.

But in my opinion, it will not last long. It is the F-22 or B-2 of American hypersonic missiles: extremely expensive, limited production, but you can use the experience and research to create the F-35 or B-21 in the future: many times cheaper. and therefore more useful.

In terms of cost, compared to nuclear weapons, there is a huge advantage: unlike nuclear missiles, this one can be used at any time, and not just on the day of the end of the world.

[Oleg Fedechkin]

In my opinion, this is complete disinformation!!!

[Ivan F]

Western missiles hit our cities, killing our people, and people in the comments laugh - that they are losers and can't do anything. Of course, to be so stupid and not to evaluate our enemy, you have to be clever. The sobering up will be hard, as it was for those who were going to take the "cities" with "one brigade". Now they are screaming - throw a "nuclear bomb".

[bear cub]

That's it. How many American missiles fell on Russian cities and Russian soldiers? Hundreds, maybe even thousands.
How many Russian missiles have fallen on American cities and American warehouses? Zero.
There's nothing funny about them trying out a new weapon. I have a weird feeling that they're finally going to succeed.

[Ivan F]

Of course they will, although they don't really need it in a confrontation with us. Here, conventional missiles will be enough for them, given their quantity and location around us, almost right next to us and along all our borders.
By the way, I have this feeling about nuclear weapons, lately everyone is talking about it so freely and calmly, that it seems like nothing could happen. It feels like people making decisions have somehow started not taking it seriously.

[Comrade Kim]

Quote: voyaka uh

It belongs to the strategic forces and is a response to similar Chinese missiles.

So.
For them, we are not even a regional country.

The US is preparing for a confrontation with a worthy adversary, and we are being assigned the role, as sad as it may be, of a half-dead "bait fish" in a pen clearly marked with red flags.

[aszzz888]

During the exercises, several transport and launch containers were demonstrated simultaneously.

These are just boxes and pipes. Where are the rackets themselves?

[Sardou]

La Russie a divulgué le Secret a son allié chinois et des ingénieurs chinois ont été recrutés par les britanniques pour enseigner le système hypersounds aux Américains

[fire44]

why are we waiting for the Americans to get technically prepared? Like we're gentlemen, take your sword sir!?

[DoctorRandom]

What do you suggest? Launch a preemptive strike? And the belly button won't come undone?

[srelock]

The Army's LRHW hypersonic missile system participated for the first time in the U.S. Air Force's Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise, which conducted electronically fired missiles...

Because there are still no real ones