Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept
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title:
Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept
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The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept is a scramjet powered hypersonic air-launched cruise missile project at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), that had a successful hypersonic flight announced in September 2021. It is a kinetic energy weapon, without an explosive warhead. The scramjet propelled the missile at "a speed greater than Mach 5". The first successful flight was in September 2021. Further testing was carried out in mid-March 2022, but was kept secret at
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U.S. scramjet missile project
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_Air-breathing_Weapon_Concept
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2024-04-02T02:29:30Z
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