This series of tests It happened on the same day that US President Joe Biden raised his concerns about China’s hypersonic weapons.
hypersonic weapon will be launched from the base with propellant rockets up to the upper atmosphere before dashing towards the attack target. at five times the speed of sound or more, or about 3,853 miles (6,200 kilometers) per hour.
with such a high speed This makes it difficult for the target’s missile defense system to detect it. and blocked in time And the development also focused on the missile’s launch line. lower than the normal high curve The lower it is, the harder it is to detect.
US technology development It focuses on missile launches from surface ships, from land bases and from aircraft.
The Pentagon said in a statement that the Navy, Army and Air Force are the three key agencies tasked with developing “common” hypersonic missile technology in fiscal year 2022, starting on the date. 1 Oct. ago
Tested Oct. 20, Sandia National Experimental Research Center. Tests were conducted from NASA test stations. on Wallops Island Off the coast of Virginia in the northeast It is a system test or CPS (Conventional Prompt Strike: CPS) of the Navy. The Army has tested the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system.
US commits to developing hypersonic weapons seriously since the early 2000s, or about 20 years ago, part of the project to develop advanced weapons in the form that can attack enemy targets all over the world in a sudden The enemy did not catch up.
Pentagon Designates Hypersonic Weapons Development is one of the most important policies Especially now that the two rival countries, China and Russia, are actively developing this type of weapon as well.
US hypersonic missile test There are both successful and unsuccessful. Including the latest failure on Oct. 21, repeating the Air Force’s test in April this year, it means that so far the US development has not been 100 percent successful.
last weekend The Financial Times reports that the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) has successfully tested. A hypersonic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead last August. by the test of the PLA It is a missile launch from an attack system in extraterrestrial orbit.
Chinese test success report Causing high-ranking officials of the US government’s disarmament to panic, saying that China’s military technology developed far beyond the United States’ estimates.
And three weeks ago, the Russian army announced its success. Hypersonic missile test “Zircon” fired from a submarine in the Barents Sea Near the North Pole for the first time after a successful test fire from a warship on the water surface. months ago
The US government said As China and Russia continue to develop hypersonic weapons. causing the United States to respond accordingly. but expect There will be discussions at an international level. to define rules and mechanisms that are the same standard in the development of hypersonic missiles.
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