Hypersonic Weapon Test Successful




A hypersonic weapon was tested today.

The Army made it happen, it successfully tested its own hypersonic weapon prototype that could lead to a class of conventionally-armed missiles capable of striking any target on Earth in less than two hours.

The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon was launched from Hawaii this morning at 6:30 Eastern time and flew roughly 2,400 miles to Kwajelien atoll. No word yet on how fast the AHW glide vehicle, (the part that would carry a weapon), powered by a three-stage booster rocket, made the journey.

The Army says it reached hypersonic speeds; that means it had to be flying at more than Mach 5 at some point.

The test collected data on "hypersonic boost-glide technologies and test range performance for long-range atmospheric flight."