Thursday, October 21, 2021

U.S. Holds Three Tests to Advance Hypersonic Weapon Programs, Pentagon Says

Raygn Jordan

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-10-21/us-holds-three-tests-to-advance-hypersonic-weapon-programs-pentagon-says?rec-type=sailthru


The U.S. Army and Navy tested three new hypersonic weapon prototypes yesterday. Earlier in the day, President Joe Biden had said he was concerned about Chinese hypersonic weapons, however, he is allowing the Army and Navy to conduct tests of the common hypersonic missile throughout fiscal 2022. Companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies are behind the United States' hypersonic weapon capability. The tests were run at The Sandia National Laboratory in Virginia and all three proved successfull.

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