{"id":1834060,"date":"2023-02-03T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834060"},"modified":"2023-02-03T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:25:32","slug":"u-s-defense-dept-successfully-test-fires-hypersonic-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-defense-dept-successfully-test-fires-hypersonic-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Defense Dept Successfully Test Fires Hypersonic Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-defense-dept-successfully-test-fires-hypersonic-missile%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834060&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2023-02\/7484805.jpg?h=e961bbc5&#038;itok=0WAVf8Hp\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Defense Department has announced the successful launch of a hypersonic missile \u2013 as part of an effort to advance U.S. military capabilities amid threats from China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/news-events\/2023-01-30\">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency<\/a> This week Lockheed Martin released the U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Airbreathing Gun Concept. &#8220;capped a program that accomplished all of its initial objectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This month\u2019s flight added an exclamation point to the most successful hypersonic air-breathing flight test program in US history,&#8221; Walter Price, Air Force deputy\u00a0&#8220;The things we\u2019ve learned from [the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept] will certainly enhance future U.S. Air Force capabilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The agency will analyze data from the test in which the missile flew more than 600,000 feet high and further than 300 miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China and Russia have each claimed to have launched hypersonic rockets in 2021. Space Force General David Thompson was next.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/top-general-admits-us-trailing-china-russia-hypersonic-missiles\">acknowledging <\/a>\u00a0the United States was behind in hypersonic capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/world\/europe\/russia-claims-first-use-hypersonic-missiles-against-ukrainian-military-assets\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0to have even deployed a hypersonic missile against Ukraine, but defense experts are <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/security\/russias-hypersonic-kinzhal-missile-strike-claim-dud-defense-experts-say\">skeptical<\/a> about the missile&#8217;s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Department has announced the successful launch of a hypersonic missile \u2013 as part of an effort to advance U.S. military capabilities amid threats from China and Russia. 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