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| Military Official: US Tests Hypersonic Weapon |
| 2024-07-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The United States of America conducted a test launch of a hypersonic weapon, a military official told reporters. "The U.S. Army and Navy recently tested a conventional hypersonic system on the space station at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida," he said. The official said the test was an important step in developing operational hypersonic technology. The test provided the United States with important data for the country's further progress in hypersonic weapons, he added. As reported by Regnum, according to Bloomberg, the US military is unlikely to receive the first batch of eight new hypersonic missiles before 2025. After unsuccessful tests in the past, the US, according to assurances from the US military, is "on track to implement the necessary corrective actions." If a problem is discovered during flight tests, the delivery of missiles and the commissioning of the first operational system may be further delayed. Hypersonic weapons are not yet in service with the US. At the same time, Russia, a leader in the development of hypersonic weapons, has created many models of such missiles in recent years, including the air-based Kinzhal and the sea-based Zircon. In his address to the Federal Assembly in 2018, President Vladimir Putin announced for the first time that Russia had created the Avangard hypersonic gliding cruise missile and other new weapons. In 2021, the first regiment of "Avangards" took up combat duty. |
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