NEW YORK – A March 8 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on China’s naval capabilities cites the view of top US commanders that China’s arsenal of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs)…

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  • 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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      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]