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Air Forces Hypersonic ARRW Missile Fails First Flight Test Airmen secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 6, 2020. (Air Force/Giancarlo Casem) 6 Apr 2021 The U.S. Air Force announced Tuesday that the highly anticipated test flight of its new hypersonic weapon failed, with the prototype missile unable to fire from a bomber aircraft. Calling the i...

Edwards Air Force Base An Air Force AGM-183A ARRW hypersonic weapon test ended in failure on Monday. The booster test vehicle carried by a B-52 bomber was unable to complete the launch sequence. The ARRW is expected to be the first air-launched hypersonic weapon in the US arsenal. A US Air Force bomber tried and failed to launch a test missile for a new hypersonic weapon during a long-awaited first flight test Monday. The Air Force said in a statement that it suffe...