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  • RNAi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    They knew about hypersonic missiles since 2009?

    So the Great Satan has their own lot of them, right?

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      They're trying to make them, but they keep failing lol.

      The great satan lacks the material science knowledge to make hypersonic missiles, unless they get SpaceX involved.

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        No, really, 13 years later they have to eventually been able to design something; and it's not like they started developing something like that after China announced they have done it, the idea is probably very old.

        So, then what? The US kept it quiet? Is it possible to do that?

        • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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          edit-2
          3 years ago

          They have one but it keeps blowing up in testing lol.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-183_ARRW

          Testing.

          A booster flight test of ARRW took place in April 2021 at Point Mugu Sea Range, off the coast of Southern California but did not launch successfully;[16] this was the eighth test for ARRW.[17]

          Another test in May 2021 for the ARRW's avionics, sensors and communications systems, was successful. The test did not use any of the ARRW’s systems but instead used a B-52 based system. On a flight to Alaska from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, the B-52 was able to receive target data from over 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) away.[18]

          In July 2021, a second flight test at Point Mugu Sea Range, again being dropped from a B-52 bomber, was a failure as the rocket motor failed to ignite.[19][20] On 15 December 2021, the third flight test failed to launch as well.[21] On 9 March 2022, Congress halved funding for ARRW and transferred the balance to ARRW's R&D account to allow for further testing, which puts the procurement contract at risk.[22]

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Do the great Satan have much use for hypersonic missiles? China and Russia doesn't rely on aircraft carriers the same way the great Satan does.

      • RNAi [he/him]
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        Maybe you can put those hypersonic missiles on boats, or in US puppet countries.