Air Force (Air Force) USA felt the flight tests of the prototype of the Hypersonic Rocket AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), reports The Drive.
The publication notes that during tests from the prototype, separated from the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber, did not earn the engine. The corresponding tests took place in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Nevertheless, according to the US Air Force, during the test, it was still possible to get “valuable data”. The Drive reminds that in previous flight tests, held in April, the prototype of the rocket did not separate from the carrier aircraft.
In March, Tabloid Daily Express wrote that AGM-183A ARRW, launched, for example, from the US B-52H Stratofortress Bombarder, is capable of hitting Moscow for less than 20 minutes, and in half an hour – to reach Beijing.
In November 2020, the DRIVE edition reported that the AGM-183A ARRW will fly at an average speed of 6.5 to 8 MAKH numbers to a distance of hundreds of kilometers, that is, a distance of 1000 miles (more than 1600 kilometers) a rocket overcome for 10 -12 minutes.
In March of the same year, the American company Lockheed Martin showed an image of a promising “Superbystroy” (or hypersonic) Rocket system AGM-183A ARRW.
In June 2019, B-52H Stratofortress made the first flight with a hypersonic aerobalistic rocket AGM-183A ARRW.