US tests advanced hypersonic weapon over the Pacific

[regular]

the US is already in trouble in making F-35 project due to shortage of funds..what more they can do if there is no more credit from CHINA.....

 

[JAT BALWAN]

Oh! you guys ain't crying??

from the below comments, it seemed otherwise though.............


AND this is how you are "debating about it`s effect on asian countries"....see below post....

OK maan lo jo mann aaye... maine to bol diya ab kar de case...

 

[K-Xeroid]

As a neutral party we will enjoy this show with popcorns

Wat about India's super power ambitions?

 

[JAT BALWAN]

Wat about India's super power ambitions?

Well ... you can`t do any thing in that matter other then cursing India in PDF...lol

 

[K-Xeroid]

Well ... you can`t do any thing in that matter other then cursing India in PDF...lol

Cursing? Aren't you interested in becoming super power?

 

[oFFbEAT]

Cursing? Aren't you interested in becoming super power?

Arey yaar.....Indians(read, Indian politicians) already have super powers.....No one(not even god) can catch them looting.

Just kidding.....no need to frown upon me.....Indian members.

By the way, @Android K-Zero, since you now know that Indians already have super power.......no need to bring India in this thread further.

 

[K-Xeroid]

Arey yaar.....Indians(read, Indian politicians) already have super powers.....No one(not even god) can catch them looting.Just kidding.....no need to frown upon me.....Indian members.

By the way, @Android K-Zero, since y now know that Indians already have super power.......no need to bring India in this thread further.

first the nice one... Aab ye tu Regional quality hey na.... Our leaders will absolutly defeat your leader in looting...
Man! this thread belongs to those growing power countries... India is one of them? ...
Ok! no need to bring india...

 

[SBD-3]

Army tests hypersonic weapon over the Pacific

(AP) – 43 minutes ago

HONOLULU (AP) — The Army on Thursday conducted its first flight test of a new weapon capable of traveling five times the speed of sound.

The Army launched the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon from the military's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai at about 1:30 a.m.

The weapon's "glide vehicle" reached Kwajalein Atoll — some 2,300 miles away — in less than half an hour, said Lt. Col. Melinda Morgan, a Pentagon spokeswoman.

Earlier this year, the Congressional Research Service said in a report the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon is part of the military's program to develop "prompt global strike" weapons that would allow the U.S. to strike targets anywhere in the world with conventional weapons in as little as an hour.
The Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, are developing a similar vehicle.

The Pentagon said the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon, or AHW, vehicle is designed to fly long ranges within the earth's atmosphere at speeds that are at least five times the speed of sound.
The objective of Thursday's test was to collect data on technologies that boost the hypersonic vehicle and allow it to glide. The Army was also testing how the vehicle performed in long-range flight.

The Congressional Research Service report said the AHW would be able to maneuver to avoid flying over third party nations as it approached its target. The weapon would use a precision guidance system to home in on the target, it said.

The Associated Press: Army tests hypersonic weapon over the Pacific


Previous PDF thread:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/milita...can-strike-any-country-less-than-60-mins.html

Okey I can digest the second one, if you really put a extremely fast processor in it, but manuvering?....

 

[Ambitious449]

Wat about India's super power ambitions?

Both parties will exhausted in the end then we will control the world Kidding

 

[RockyX]

U.S. Army tests hypersonic weapon that travels five times the speed of sound... and can hit ANY target on earth in 30mins

18th November 2011

-U.S. may no longer rely on stationing missiles abroad
-Prompt Global Strike project to hit anywhere in 60mins
-Follows 15-ton bunker busting bomb by USAF

A hypersonic flying missile that can strike a target anywhere in the world in just 30 minutes has been unveiled by the U.S. military.

The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW), which travels five times the speed of sound, was successfully tested yesterday.

It was launched by rocket from Hawaii at 11.30am, glided south westwards through the upper atmosphere over the Pacific at 'hypersonic speed' before hitting its target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands - some 2,500 miles away.

It comes hot on the heels of the U.S. Air Force announcement that it has taken delivery of eight, 15-ton bunker buster bombs, called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, that can blow apart 200ft of concrete.

And if it is rolled out by the U.S. military, it will mean America will no longer have to rely on stationing missiles in foreign countries.

The Pentagon did not reveal how fast the AHW, which unlike traditional ballistic missiles can be manoeuvred, reached.

Zeroed in: The weapon, which could look similar to this Falcon HTV-2, left, was fired from Hawaii, glided south westwards through the upper atmosphere over the Pacific at 'hypersonic speed' before hitting its target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands - some 2,500 miles away

Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Melinda Morgan said the test was aimed at gathering data on 'aerodynamics, navigation, guidance and control, and thermal protection technologies'.

The U.S. Army's AHW project is part of the 'Prompt Global Strike' programme.

It seeks to give the U.S. military the means to deliver conventional weapons anywhere in the world within an hour.

Project: The Pentagon test flew another hypersonic glider, dubbed HTV-2, earlier this year, which is capable of flying 16,776 miles per hour

Scientists classify hypersonic speeds as those that exceed Mach 5 - or five times the speed of sound - 3,728 miles per hour.

On August 11, the Pentagon test flew another hypersonic glider dubbed HTV-2, which is capable of flying 16,776 miles per hour. But it was a failure.

The AHW's range is less than that of the HTV-2, the Congressional Research Service said in a report, without providing specifics.

Despite half the circumference of the earth at the equator measuring 12,450 miles, the maximum distance travelled by the AHW will be significantly less, as it will follow a trajectory rising into the upper atmosphere before making its descent.

The Pentagon has invested $239.9 million in the Global Strike program this year, including $69 million for the flying bomb tested yesterday, CRS said.

The news comes the day after the USAF revealed it would now be using the 15-ton bunker busting Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs.

B-2 Stealth Bombers will use the six metre long GPS guided rocket, dubbed the Big Blu and fitted with 2.5 tons of explosives, to smash open underground bunkers and tunnels suspected of containing weapons of mass destruction.

The delivery of the super bomb, and testing of the AHW, is in the same week U.S. President Barack Obama said America would act firmly against any nuclear proliferation activities by North Korea.

And it comes as an International Atomic Energy Agency report renewed calls for a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.

Threat: USAF specialists stand under a mock-up of the new bunker busting Big Blu

U.S. Army tests hypersonic weapon that travels five times the speed of sound... and can be ANYWHERE on earth in 30mins | Mail Online

 

[regular]

okay interesting news...looks like we heading towardz 3rd WWar Nuklear....

 

[maverick1977]

U.S. Army tests hypersonic weapon that travels five times the speed of sound... and can hit ANY target on earth in 30mins

18th November 2011

-U.S. may no longer rely on stationing missiles abroad
-Prompt Global Strike project to hit anywhere in 60mins
-Follows 15-ton bunker busting bomb by USAF

A hypersonic flying missile that can strike a target anywhere in the world in just 30 minutes has been unveiled by the U.S. military.

The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW), which travels five times the speed of sound, was successfully tested yesterday.

It was launched by rocket from Hawaii at 11.30am, glided south westwards through the upper atmosphere over the Pacific at 'hypersonic speed' before hitting its target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands - some 2,500 miles away.

It comes hot on the heels of the U.S. Air Force announcement that it has taken delivery of eight, 15-ton bunker buster bombs, called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, that can blow apart 200ft of concrete.

And if it is rolled out by the U.S. military, it will mean America will no longer have to rely on stationing missiles in foreign countries.

The Pentagon did not reveal how fast the AHW, which unlike traditional ballistic missiles can be manoeuvred, reached.

Zeroed in: The weapon, which could look similar to this Falcon HTV-2, left, was fired from Hawaii, glided south westwards through the upper atmosphere over the Pacific at 'hypersonic speed' before hitting its target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands - some 2,500 miles away

Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Melinda Morgan said the test was aimed at gathering data on 'aerodynamics, navigation, guidance and control, and thermal protection technologies'.

The U.S. Army's AHW project is part of the 'Prompt Global Strike' programme.

It seeks to give the U.S. military the means to deliver conventional weapons anywhere in the world within an hour.

Project: The Pentagon test flew another hypersonic glider, dubbed HTV-2, earlier this year, which is capable of flying 16,776 miles per hour

Scientists classify hypersonic speeds as those that exceed Mach 5 - or five times the speed of sound - 3,728 miles per hour.

On August 11, the Pentagon test flew another hypersonic glider dubbed HTV-2, which is capable of flying 16,776 miles per hour. But it was a failure.

The AHW's range is less than that of the HTV-2, the Congressional Research Service said in a report, without providing specifics.

Despite half the circumference of the earth at the equator measuring 12,450 miles, the maximum distance travelled by the AHW will be significantly less, as it will follow a trajectory rising into the upper atmosphere before making its descent.

The Pentagon has invested $239.9 million in the Global Strike program this year, including $69 million for the flying bomb tested yesterday, CRS said.

The news comes the day after the USAF revealed it would now be using the 15-ton bunker busting Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs.

B-2 Stealth Bombers will use the six metre long GPS guided rocket, dubbed the Big Blu and fitted with 2.5 tons of explosives, to smash open underground bunkers and tunnels suspected of containing weapons of mass destruction.

The delivery of the super bomb, and testing of the AHW, is in the same week U.S. President Barack Obama said America would act firmly against any nuclear proliferation activities by North Korea.

And it comes as an International Atomic Energy Agency report renewed calls for a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.

Threat: USAF specialists stand under a mock-up of the new bunker busting Big Blu

U.S. Army tests hypersonic weapon that travels five times the speed of sound... and can be ANYWHERE on earth in 30mins | Mail Online

All US needs to do know is to find the stockpile of weapons storage gloabally through spys on the ground, prepare the list of targets globally where these weapns will be and then strike them before another country can think about using them.... a lot of countries will be on the hit list...

 

[faithfulguy]

All US needs to do know is to find the stockpile of weapons storage gloabally through spys on the ground, prepare the list of targets globally where these weapns will be and then strike them before another country can think about using them.... a lot of countries will be on the hit list...

I'm sure this already had been done. There are some improvement of this missile over ICBM.

This missile is that it would have a lower profile compare to ICBM. ICBM flies in a high trajectory, which make it easier to detect. The enemy would have an easier time to detect and tract.

Does any one know if its possible to control the munitions on this missile at real time?