Army Discloses Hypersonic LRHW Range Of 1,725 Miles; Watch Out China
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 12, 2021 at 12:38 PM Launch of Army-Navy Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) in Hawaii on March 19, 2020. Conversely, in China’s nightmare scenario, where US allies do let American missile units use their soil, LRHW batteries in Taiwan, Japan, or South Korea could strike targets more than one thousand miles inside Chinese territory. What’s more, the Navy version of the LRHW, called Conventional Prompt Strike, could launch from submarines or ships at sea anywhere in the Pacific. “The Long Range Hypersonic Weapon provides a capability at a distanc...
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