US Army’s Controversial Ground-Based Hypersonic Missile to Have Over 1,700-Mile Range Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202105161082906278-us-armys-controversial-ground-based-hypersonic-missile-to-have-over-1700-mile-range/ The Pentagon has several hypersonic weapons programs currently in development in a bid to close the gap with Russia and China, both of which already have hypersonic missiles deployed. The ultra-fast weapons are capable of evading most methods of detection as well as interception. The US Army has let slip the range of its forthcoming ground-launched hypersonic missile system, revealing the weapon has a range in excess of 1,700 miles. Breaking Defense reported earlier this week that an Army spokesperson had told the outlet the service’s forthcoming Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) will be able to strike targets “at a distance greater than 2,775 kilometers,” or 1,725 miles.