America conducts 3 tests to develop hypersonic weapons programs

The US Navy and Army on Wednesday tested prototypes of hypersonic weapons components that will help guide the development of new weapons, the Pentagon said, describing the three tests as successful.

The tests took place on the same day that US President Joe Biden said he was concerned about Chinese hypersonic weapons.

The tests were conducted by the Sandia National Laboratory from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which will help "guide the development of the Navy's 'Conventional Rapid Strike' and 'Long Weapon' programs," the Defense Department said in a statement. The Army's Hypersonic Range, a program aimed at developing supersonic offensive weapons.

The Navy and Army will test-fire a conventional supersonic missile in the 2022 fiscal year, which began on October 1.

Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, or about 6,200 kilometers per hour.

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