The AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic cruise missile, launched, for example, from the US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber, is capable of striking Moscow in less than 20 minutes, and in half an hour – to reach Beijing, writes Daily Express.
The British tabloid reminds that the flight tests of the above-named missile, the declared speed of which exceeds Mach 20, in the United States should take place in the near future. According to the publication, the development of the AGM-183A ARRW could mean that the United States is catching up with Russia in hypersonic technology.
In November 2020, The Drive reported that the AGM-183A ARRW will fly at an average speed of 6.5 to 8 Mach numbers for a range of hundreds of kilometers, that is, the missile will cover a distance of 1000 miles (more than 1600 kilometers) in 10 -12 minutes.
In March of the same year, the American company Lockheed Martin showed an image of a promising “superfast” (or hypersonic) AGM-183A ARRW missile system.
In June 2019, the B-52H Stratofortress made its maiden flight with the AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic aeroballistic missile.