After the start of the war in Ukraine, the United States tested a supersonic missile

On the day of the event, the Federal Agency for Advanced Defense Research Projects (Darpa, in English) announced in a press release to various international media that in collaboration with manufacturer Lockheed Martin, On March 5, conducted a hyperbody missile flight test.

After being released from the plane that picked him up in the sky, the shell was propelled by a turbojet and Accelerated five times faster than sound speed “over a long period of time”, Points to a note. Darpa explained that the device reached 65,000 feet (almost 20 kilometers) above altitudes and covered more than 300 nautical miles (approximately 555 kilometers). Talk about it The U.S. successfully tested a supersonic missile for the second timeSince last September.

Darpa delivered it This type of technology allows you to avoid enemy defense and attack quickly. Its kinetic energy can effectively destroy targets even without high explosives.

USA Trying to create a supersonic weapon after Russia and China have successfully conducted tests with this type of technology is highly desirable because Its speed makes it difficult to detect this type of weapon With anti-missile systems.

In the fiscal year defense budget 2023 yearThe President’s government begins in October Joe Biden has demanded $ 7.2 billion for long-distance weaponsIncluding hyperbody missiles.

Russia, In turn, Claims he was shot in Ukraine Kinzhal Hyperbody Missiles (Dagger in Russian), with high accuracy, at a distance of more than 2000 kilometers and Ten times the speed of sound.