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The Army's LRHW hypersonic missile system participated for the first time in the USAF Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise. Electronic missile launches were carried out on them.
During the exercise, several transport and launch containers were demonstrated simultaneously. The program of the event, among other things, included the transfer of these weapons to another state.
At the moment, there is a single hypersonic LRHW battery that has not yet entered service with the military, participating in various test events. This time, she took part in the eight-day Bamboo Eagle 24-3 exercise organized by the U.S. Air Force Combat Operations Center located at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Training events during these eight days of early August took place in different parts of the United States. They were attended by approximately three thousand American servicemen representing four branches of the armed forces, as well as their allies from the British Royal Air Force and the Australian Air Force.
- said the director of operations of the 57th Air Wing at Nellis Air Base, Lieutenant Colonel Alex Rich of the American Air Force.
Hypersonic missile launchers had never participated in the US Air Force exercises before – this was the first time.
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The LRHW Dark Eagle is a medium–range hypersonic surface-to-surface missile weapon developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. It can be placed on land-based carriers, as well as on ships and submarines. These missiles are capable of reaching speeds of up to 17 Mach and hitting targets at a distance of up to three thousand kilometers.
