Japan's HVGP hypersonic land-based missile spotted for the first time

An image has been published online showing the first sighting of rocket installation placed on a ground mobile platform. According to Western observers, this system is equipped with a hypersonic weapons:

The weapon, officially known as the Hypersonic Vehicle Glide Vehicle (HVGP), is expected to enter service with the Army in 2026, three years earlier than originally planned.

Earlier, in July 2024, the Defense Department announced that two HVGP tests had been successfully conducted in California in March and April, marking the beginning of testing of the missile since its development began in 2015. Footage of the weapon's launch was also released.

The HVGP is expected to provide Japan with an unprecedented level of strategic deterrence due to its ability to glide at hypersonic speeds, evade missile defenses, and strike targets with pinpoint accuracy, the defense ministry said. The missile, which can change trajectory in flight, is designed to overcome modern systems. DefenseThe estimated range will be approximately 900 km.

The HVGP will be deployed in two variants, Block 1 and Block 2. Block 1 is an early variant and features a boost launch system and basic glide capabilities. It is approximately 8-9 meters long.

Block 2, the performance model, is an upgraded rocket that is over 10 meters long, has a more advanced glide mechanism, and a more powerful booster. This version is designed for increased range and possibly greater payload capacity.

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[KVU-NSVD]

The Defense Department said two HVGP tests were successfully conducted in California in March and April.

I didn't know that the Japanese were testing their newest missiles in the US

[ada]

Nursery group. They can't be left without adult supervision.

[Big_Rocket_does_Bang]

South Koreans also test their missiles at US test sites, small countries sometimes resort to such a practice, simply due to a lack of space in their own country or due to secrecy. And the US is big, there is room to deploy

[I dare to_notice_]

I always said
If you have a weapon that your enemies don't have yet, USE IT to VICTORY that enemy!
Five years have passed since the day when the Darkest "showed cartoons" and claimed that "no one has such a weapon yet. And when it appears, we will have something that will make them swallow dust trying to catch up with us!..."
To sum up:
- hypersonic weapons are now not only available to us (even to the Houthis!);
- our air defense is not only against hypersonic weapons, it is also against leaky homemade drones;
- the real war is just beginning...

[Peter1First]

Hypersound is of course good, but it is only possible in the upper layers of the atmosphere and not for long during descent and gliding. At the same time, laser air defense will most likely be used against hypersonics, and we have it. But no air defense is guaranteed against low-flying, stealthy maneuvering cruise missiles...

[I dare to_notice_]

But against low-flying, stealthy, maneuvering cruise missiles, no air defense is guaranteed...
I don't think so. The same low-visibility and low-flying sports "Yak" piloted by "DOSAAF falcons" or even "maize" with a machine gun on board could easily cope with this hassle.

[Peter1First]

The speed of the cruise missile at ground level is no less than 180 m/s (650 km/h) - even a Yak won't catch up with a crop duster....

[SovAr238A]

Quote: I dare_notice_

But against low-flying, stealthy, maneuvering cruise missiles, no air defense is guaranteed...
I don't think so. The same low-visibility and low-flying sports "Yak" piloted by "DOSAAF falcons" or even "maize" with a machine gun on board could easily cope with this hassle.

Here, for the last 35 years, we have been fed a myth that the MiG-31 is designed to search for and destroy enemy cruise missiles...
When working on the interception mode of a salvo of enemy cruise missiles from the SP side.
The reality was different, that the MiG-31 could find and shoot down only one cruise missile.
With its huge and powerful radar...
Speeds, fuel reserves. Two pilots.
And you're talking about cornfields with machine guns.

[SovAr238A]

Quote from: Peter1First

Hypersound is of course good, but it is only possible in the upper layers of the atmosphere and not for long during descent and gliding. At the same time, laser air defense will most likely be used against hypersonics, and we have it. But no air defense is guaranteed against low-flying, stealthy maneuvering cruise missiles...

What kind of laser air defense do we have?
Is this really more nonsense about Peresvet?

[Boa kaa]

The missile, according to the media, is Japanese. And it is being tested in the States... Truly: -- He who pays the money "dances" the geisha! The Yankees continue to buy up brains, technologies and other goodies with their "dollars not backed by gold."
But.

[Ascetic]

Quote: Boa constrictor KAA

And they are testing it in the States...

Well, where else, away from Kim?

[SovAr238A]

Quote: BoA KAA

The missile, according to the media, is Japanese. And it is being tested in the States... Truly: -- He who pays the money "dances" the geisha! The Yankees continue to buy up brains, technologies and other goodies with their "dollars not backed by gold."
But.

Why was the Yak-130 tested in Italy?
Yes, because the quality and quantity of equipment for taking telemetry in real time in Italy was an order of magnitude better than ours.
Why are many of the world's cars and tires tested at special testing grounds located in completely different countries? For exactly the same reason.
The level of telemetry quality and the amount of information received.

[Ascetic]

This is a ground-based mobile complex with a solid-fuel missile equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle.
They also have another program, Hypersonic Cruising Missile (HCM)
This missile should be equipped with a combined propulsion system consisting of two types of engines - a booster ramjet and a cruise hypersonic ramjet. The speed is planned to be slightly more than 5M, at the very minimum, for both the NSM and the HVGP - as with most Western analogues.
The speed of the Kinzhal or Zircon with their ten "machs" is not yet being attempted. The range of both Japanese systems is expected to be 1000 km and higher. Guidance is inertial, with correction by the satellite navigation system, and thermal imaging or radar at the final stage. Speed ​​is not the main thing, controlled flight with maneuvering is important, if the Japanese managed to achieve this, well done, the American masters somehow "don't get the stone flower"

[Big_Rocket_does_Bang]

I watched one American video on YouTube, it was only about ICBMs, but still, in my opinion, it is also suitable for tactical missiles. They claim that the Americans have really forgotten how to make missiles, because everyone who designed the missiles of that time has long since died, and new engineers have not been trained. Conventional weapons are in fact the same topic, the last ballistic missile was ATAKMS, designed back in the late 80s.
In fact, the only truly modern and outstanding missile is JASM, and the rest are either outdated or cannot pass testing.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Ascetic

This is a ground-based mobile complex with a solid-fuel missile equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle.
They also have another program, Hypersonic Cruising Missile (HCM)
This missile should be equipped with a combined propulsion system consisting of two types of engines - a booster ramjet and a cruise hypersonic ramjet. The speed is planned to be slightly more than 5M, at the very minimum, for both the NSM and the HVGP - as with most Western analogues.
The speed of the Kinzhal or Zircon with their ten "machs" is not yet being attempted. The range of both Japanese systems is expected to be 1000 km and higher. Guidance is inertial, with correction by the satellite navigation system, and thermal imaging or radar at the final stage. Speed ​​is not the main thing, controlled flight with maneuvering is important, if the Japanese managed to achieve this, well done, the American masters somehow "don't get the stone flower"

The dagger is visible to the naked eye at the terminal section.
There isn't even 5M there.
It can reach 10M at peak acceleration in the upper layers of the atmosphere...

[Big_Rocket_does_Bang]

It is generally surprising that Japan and South Korea, which have never built rockets, are now ahead of all the countries of the pro-American bloc in matters of rocket construction.

[sub307]

"Japan was relatively late in its space exploration program. Japan's first artificial satellite was launched in 1970, 12,5 years later than the Soviet Union.

The Japanese first showed serious interest in rocket technology at the final stage of World War II. Several types of rocket weapons were being developed in Japan at that time. The most "advanced" development is considered to be the MXY-7 "Ohka" rocket plane.

In 1954, the ban on high-tech work was lifted in Japan. Almost immediately after that, Japan began developing rocket technology.

In 2003, the Japanese Aerospace Agency was created. It has the ability to launch artificial satellites of the Earth, automatic interplanetary stations, participates in the International Space Station program, plans to create manned spaceflight and explore the Moon." In general .. - "GOOGLE" to the rescue.

[Big_Rocket_does_Bang]

I actually meant specifically about military missiles.

[sub307]

"Some projects in the field of military rocketry in Japan:

Long-range cruise missile KHI SSM. It can be used from warships, aircraft and land-based launchers, and can be modified for submarine launch. Depending on the modification, the SSM series missile will have a length of 6 to 10 meters, a declared range of over 1000 km, and a cruising speed of 0,8 Mach.
Developing hypersonic weapons. Japan's Defense Ministry unveils plan to develop hypersonic cruise missile HCM and a hypervelocity hover unit HVGP. HCM will be a missile with a hypersonic ramjet engine. HVGP — is a complex of solid-fuel rockets that will launch a hovering booster unit to the required altitude. After separation, it will gain hypersonic speed and fly to the target at it. Testing of the first prototypes of these missiles should begin between 2024 and 2028. If they are successful, the new missiles could enter service as early as the early 2030s.
Upgrading medium-range missiles. By 2029, the Japanese Defense Ministry intends to upgrade the medium-range surface-to-air missiles in service with the Ground Self-Defense Forces so that they can shoot down hypersonic weapons. The upgrade is aimed at enabling the missiles to predict the trajectory of hypersonic weapons and track them." As they say - Google to the rescue... ))

[anatolv]

The Asians have gone completely wild! They made hypersonic before their master, who allowed them to do that!