B-52 Bomber Performs Simulated Hypersonic Missile Strike in Alaska Exercise 7 May 2021, 14:43 UTC ·
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A B-52H Stratofortress bomber demonstrated the phases of a complete kill chain loop employing a hypersonic missile, during a Northern Edge maneuver, on May 5. According to a USAF statement, the B-52 from the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, flew 13 hours from Louisiana to Alaska, and back.
Throughout the flight, the bomber received target data from sensors more than 1,000 nautical miles away, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, through the All-Domain Operations Capability experiment (ADOC-E). After receiving the data, the crew on the B-52 then simulated striking the target, which was 600 nautical miles away, using the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon.
Air Force announces successful simulated hypersonic kill chain test
By (0) A simulated test in which a hypersonic weapon was fired from a B-52 bomber was a success on Thursday, the U.S. Air Force announced. Photo by Sgt. Michael Parnell/U.S. Army
May 7 (UPI) A B-52 bomber conducted a successful test of the simulated hypersonic kill chain, using a hypersonic weapon to neutralize a target, the U.S. Air Force said.
The test was a successful simulated hypersonic kill chain employment from sensor to shooter and back, during the Northern Edge 21 exercises in Alaska, an Air Force statement said on Thursday.
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