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TexasTowelie

(117,586 posts)
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:42 PM Jul 2022

Russia Reacts to U.S. Hypersonic Missile Failure

AU.S. hypersonic missile test failed because of the complexities of the rocket's design, according to a Russian defense analyst, who said that perfecting the project might take some time.

On Thursday, the Pentagon announced the failure of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) test amid concerns that the U.S. is falling behind Russia and China in developing the weapons whose speed and maneuverability make them hard to defend against.

The test at Hawaii's Pacific Missile Range Facility was supposed to launch the weapon system on top of a two-stage missile booster, which would accelerate it to more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5). Then the glide body would detach and use its speed to reach the target.

Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Commander Tim Gorman said "an anomaly occurred following ignition of the test asset" without further specifying the nature of the anomaly or what stage of the test it had occurred.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-reacts-us-hypersonic-missile-failure-pentagon-chgb-test-1721004

A brief video of the missile test is at the link.

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Russia Reacts to U.S. Hypersonic Missile Failure (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2022 OP
And how many failures did the Russians have during their development of their own SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #1
It's easy to boast of that when anywhere that's not Russia seems to be the Backseat Driver Jul 2022 #3
Let's just steal one. Marcuse Jul 2022 #2

SWBTATTReg

(24,359 posts)
1. And how many failures did the Russians have during their development of their own
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 12:55 PM
Jul 2022

missiles (if they've ever had a successful HS missile developed (they claim that they have had, but we all know how much the Russians lie).

Backseat Driver

(4,639 posts)
3. It's easy to boast of that when anywhere that's not Russia seems to be the
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 01:48 PM
Jul 2022

currently always correctly manufactured, stored, programmed, and planned civilian targets of their missiles. At least our system failures will eventually not be because of the system's "intricate design" flaws. Can't speak to the issue of either side's flaws of human error or choice, though!

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