Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race
Air Force Bomber Completes Hypersonic Missile Test Amid China, Russia Arms Race On 5/13/21 at 1:01 PM EDT A B-52 has completed the first successful off-ground test of a hypersonic missile being developed by the U.S. Air Force, as the Pentagon races against China and Russia to develop the next generation of weapons. A B-52 Stratofortress bomber flew a 13-hour round trip to Alaska from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to test data transmission and target sensing for the AGM-183 air-launched rapid response weapon—or ARRW—on May 5, according to an Air Force statement released on Thursday...