Today the USA successfully tested its hypersonic HAWC missile.

The Hypersonic Air-Breathing Concept (HAWC) missile has been tested a second time. By the USAF. The biggest difference between HAWC and Russian Kinzhal-missile is that the HAWC uses an air-breathing Scramjet-engine that will give the HAWC system a longer range.

The dropping aircraft was a B-52, and the capacity of this kind of system is huge. The HAWC missile can use as a multi-role weapon, but the most effective is against ships and heavily armed bunkers. The HAWC missile can fly inside the submarine bunkers' doors.

HAWC (AGM-183 ARRW ("Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon")) -missile under the B-52 bomber

But the thing is that this kind of scramjet-driven system can also use to shoot down enemy aircraft. There is the possibility that the successor of the F-35 has the hypersonic capacity that allows it to fly to the operational area very fast.

And then that system can slow down for a normal dogfight. Or the hypersonic attack plane can drop normal smart bombs on the target. The thing is that this kind of aircraft is very capable in both nuclear and conventional strike missions.

And the HAWC is also giving data for making the hypersonic technology suitable for the larger-size concepts. The hypersonic carry unit can make the ballistic jump and release satellites to the orbiting trajectory. The hypersonic aircraft can jump outside the atmosphere and then release the satellite before its landing back in the atmosphere.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28576/behold-the-first-flight-of-a-b-52-bomber-carrying-the-agm-183a-hypersonic-missile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-183_ARRW

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal

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