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News from the hypersonic missile race is not promising good for détente.


Japan wants to mount missiles into their C-5 Cargo planes. That tells that there is coming something big. That big thing could be the LRHM (Long-Range Hypersonic Missile) that supplanted the ARRW (Air-Lauched Rapid Reaction Weapon). So ARRW is history and the world belongs to LRHM which has more capacity than ARRW. 

The ARRW was delayed. And that tells that there was come something that officials not mentioned to the media. The thing that makes the LRHM more powerful than ARRW. Is that it can raise from any platform and reach hypersonic speed. So that LRHM missiles can mount to any platform. If we think that ÁTACMS missiles and their air-launched variants are deadly. We can just imagine what those new LRHM missiles can do for attackers. 

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The thing is that air-breathing hypersonic missiles would be very powerful weapons. Russia and China, and even India have their hypersonic missiles. Those weapons are under development or in service in many countries. 

And the world waits that the USA and its allies will uncover their hypersonic projects. The Kinzhal and Zircon missiles were some kind of disappointment because their accuracy was not what it should be. And at least Kinzhal requires the MiG-31 platform to reach hypersonic speed. I don't know did Russians use Zircon in real situations, but Kinzhal has been in use in Ukraine. 

There are tales that the USAF wants to mount hypersonic weapons into B-52, B-1, and of course, B-2 and B-21 "Raider" strategic bombers. The media didn't separately mention the last ones. But those stealth bombers are the top-level systems of the USAF. And the new hypersonic missiles will give them a top-level strike capacity. The last ones are stealth bombers. 

And the hypersonic missiles will give them ultimate strike capacity. Also, some destroyers of the U.S. NAVY will get those hypersonic missiles into their arsenals. Those destroyers are the "Zumwalt class" but there is the possibility that also at least new Arleigh Burge will get those hypersonic weapons. 


The list of hypersonic weapons. Along their developers and operators.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersonic_weapon

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https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/japan-missiles-c2-cargo-planes


https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/raytheon-darpa-air-breathing-hypersonic


https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/usaf-b1b-carry-hypersonic-missiles


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon


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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos


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


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Range_Hypersonic_Weapon


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-140_ATACMS


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt-class_destroyer




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