Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Well...about time we get a horse in the race eh? Looks like we're going for mobile launch platforms/would like to see what the navy is doing?

Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race

A B-52 has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the next generation of weapons.

© US Air Force A photo of the B-52 used to carry out the test for the hypersonic missile. A B-52 fighter jet has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the weapons of the next generation.
A B-52 Stratofortress bomber flew a 13-hour round trip to Alaska from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to test data transmission and target sensing for the AGM-183 air-launched rapid response weapon—or ARRW—on May 5, according to an Air Force statement released on Thursday.
The ARRW is the hypersonic missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the Air Force.
During the trip, the B-52 was able to receive target data from sensors via the All-Domain Operations Capability experiment, or ADOC-E, more than 1,000 nautical miles away at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the statement said.
Once it had received the data from the ADOC-E, the bomber was able to take a simulated shot of the target from 600 nautical miles away using the hypersonic missile.
"We were really exercising the data links that we needed in order to complete that kill chain loop, and then get the feedback to the players in the airspace that the simulated hypersonic missile was fired and effective," said Lt. Col. Joe Little, deputy commander of the 53rd Test Management Group.

 

[itfitzme]

Yes, it is among of a handful of technologies that the US needs to stay on top of.

Hypersonic Missiles: A New Arms Race

China, Russia and the United States are all pursuing hypersonic weapons technologies, setting the stage for an arms race.

thediplomat.com

Hypersonic Missiles: A New Arms Race​

China, Russia and the United States are all pursuing hypersonic weapons technologies, setting the stage for an arms race.

The Biden administration is making a big push for hypersonic-related research funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget. The administration has requested $3.8 billion, almost 20 percent more than the Trump administration’s allocation of $3.2 billion for fiscal year 2021. There is no guarantee that this will encounter smooth sailing in Congress, considering that one of the two hypersonic missile prototypes had to be cancelled last year after criticism from the House appropriations defense subcommittee. This is the latest indicator of a spiraling arms race in this new technology.

A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on hypersonics noted that there are “70 efforts to develop hypersonic weapons and related technologies that are estimated to cost almost $15 billion from fiscal years 2015 through 2024,” most of which belong to the Department of Defense.

 

[NoBueno]

B-52 fighter jet?

 

[marvin martian]

Well...about time we get a horse in the race eh? Looks like we're going for mobile launch platforms/would like to see what the navy is doing?

Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race

A B-52 has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the next generation of weapons.

© US Air Force A photo of the B-52 used to carry out the test for the hypersonic missile. A B-52 fighter jet has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the weapons of the next generation.
A B-52 Stratofortress bomber flew a 13-hour round trip to Alaska from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to test data transmission and target sensing for the AGM-183 air-launched rapid response weapon—or ARRW—on May 5, according to an Air Force statement released on Thursday.
The ARRW is the hypersonic missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the Air Force.
During the trip, the B-52 was able to receive target data from sensors via the All-Domain Operations Capability experiment, or ADOC-E, more than 1,000 nautical miles away at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the statement said.
Once it had received the data from the ADOC-E, the bomber was able to take a simulated shot of the target from 600 nautical miles away using the hypersonic missile.
"We were really exercising the data links that we needed in order to complete that kill chain loop, and then get the feedback to the players in the airspace that the simulated hypersonic missile was fired and effective," said Lt. Col. Joe Little, deputy commander of the 53rd Test Management Group.

Biden got the green light from his master Chairman Xi to do this.

 

[fncceo]

Well...about time we get a horse in the race eh?

I suspect, if you're reading it in the news now, that we've had a horse in this particular horse for some time.

Stealth aircraft were in development and testing for a decade before the public became aware of them.

The Air Force was more than happy to let people think that test flights were UFOs.

 

[fncceo]

B-52 fighter jet?

A severely trimmed down version of the B-52

 

[Dayton3]

Well...about time we get a horse in the race eh? Looks like we're going for mobile launch platforms/would like to see what the navy is doing?

Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race

A B-52 has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the next generation of weapons.

A B-52 fighter jet

Who is the idiot that wrote that?

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Who is the idiot that wrote that?

LOL! Good catch!

 

[justoffal]

Well...about time we get a horse in the race eh? Looks like we're going for mobile launch platforms/would like to see what the navy is doing?

Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race

A B-52 has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the next generation of weapons.

© US Air Force A photo of the B-52 used to carry out the test for the hypersonic missile. A B-52 fighter jet has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the weapons of the next generation.
A B-52 Stratofortress bomber flew a 13-hour round trip to Alaska from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to test data transmission and target sensing for the AGM-183 air-launched rapid response weapon—or ARRW—on May 5, according to an Air Force statement released on Thursday.
The ARRW is the hypersonic missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the Air Force.
During the trip, the B-52 was able to receive target data from sensors via the All-Domain Operations Capability experiment, or ADOC-E, more than 1,000 nautical miles away at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the statement said.
Once it had received the data from the ADOC-E, the bomber was able to take a simulated shot of the target from 600 nautical miles away using the hypersonic missile.
"We were really exercising the data links that we needed in order to complete that kill chain loop, and then get the feedback to the players in the airspace that the simulated hypersonic missile was fired and effective," said Lt. Col. Joe Little, deputy commander of the 53rd Test Management Group.

Well they had to do something several months after China flew a hypersonic missile straight over the continental United States so quickly that the US hardly had time to see it let alone react to it. That missile virtually circled the globe in about an hour and 20 minutes.
Know what that means? That means it's a very well developed model.

 

[Dayton3]

Well they had to do something several months after China flew a hypersonic missile straight over the continental United States so quickly that the US hardly had time to see it let alone react to it. That missile virtually circled the globe in about an hour and 20 minutes.
Know what that means? That means it's a very well developed model.

You have a link regarding that claim?

 

[justoffal]

You have a link regarding that claim?

Ok....it flew on a different trajectory. I went back and looked at the article...the wording was a bit confusing.
This diagram spells it out though.

Top military leader says China's hypersonic missile test 'went around the world'

China's test of a hypersonic missile over the summer "went around the world," the second most senior US general said in an interview released Tuesday, shedding new details on the test and warning that China might one day be able to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the United States.

www.cnn.com

 

[Dayton3]

Ok....it flew on a different trajectory. I went back and looked at the article...the wording was a bit confusing.
This diagram spells it out though.View attachment 635841

Apparently it didn't come anywhere near the United States. A pretty major "error" on your part wouldn't you say?

 

[justoffal]

Apparently it didn't come anywhere near the United States. A pretty major "error" on your part wouldn't you say?

Top of North America....
Yes...an error to be sure.

Jo