Even the United States they test their own hypersonic missile. And the first launches have already taken place half of March, according to an American defense official recaptured by CNN. While just in those days Wladimir Putin ordered the launch of the hypersonic missile Kinzhal on Ukrainian territory, an act was considered a clear message, aimed more at foreign rivals than at Kyiv, Washington Instead, he conducted tests on technology not yet fully available to them, but kept his operations secret to avoid escalating tensions with Russia, just like the president Joe Biden His trip to Europe was imminent.
“The Hypersonic AirBreathing Weapon Concept (Hawc) writes CNN was developed by a B52 bombers off the west coast in the first successful test of the version Lockheed Martin from the system.” The official offered “few details of the missile test, only stating that the missile flew over 65,000 feet and for more than 300 km. But also at the lower end of the hypersonic range approx 3,800 miles per hour a flight of 300 miles is completed in less than 5 minutes”.
Nothing that, at least judging by the characteristics of the missile in question, could affect the Ukrainian battlefield. The main feature of this new generation weapon is in fact its great speed, which can even be surpassed ten times the sound (Mach 10) who goes through the interception missile defense systems currently in circulation. Without forgetting that it can also be equipped with one nuclear warhead. A missile, in other words, built to hit longrange targets and equipped with a sophisticated missile defense system.
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