U.S. conducts successful test of warhead for hypersonic missile
It was the first controlled detonation of the warhead for the air-to-ground AGM-183A
, Israel Defense, 11/07/2021
https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/50814
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| B52 #0036 tests by AGM-183A hypersonic air-to-ground missile. u.s. air force / christopher okula - Edwards air force base (direct image link), public domain, |
A test squadron of the U.S. Air Force successfully carried out the first controlled detonation of the warhead for the new AGM-183A hypersonic air-to-ground missile.
The test was mainly intended to collect data about the lethality of the new and unique weapon. David Spiker, the test's manager, told the Public Affairs division of Elgin Air Force Base in Florida, where the test was held, that the warhead has a unique nature and shape, so new technologies, techniques and methods of examination were used to collect and process data on the performance of the warhead.
B-52H Stratofortress #0050 assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 8. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 hypersonic prototype. (Matt Williams/U.S. Air Force)
The Public Affairs division of Elgin Air Force base did not provide details on the results of the test in terms of the performance of the hypersonic missile.
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