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The U.S. Department of Defense has disclosed that it’s still unclear about the lethal effects of the hypersonic missile that’s at the center of the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) Dark Eagle and which will arm the Navy’s Zumwalt class stealth destroyers and future Block V Virginia class submarines. The surprising knowledge gap comes after the Army achieved the long-delayed first test-firing of a Dark Eagle missile from its trailer-based launcher, something you can read more about here.
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Pentagon Still Unsure About Lethality Of Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 4, 2025

The U.S. Army has finally test-fired its Dark Eagle hypersonic missile from its trailer-based launcher after attempting to do so for some two years.
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Army’s Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Finally Blasts Out Of Its Launcher

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 13, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country's forces fired a previously unknown medium-range hypersonic missile called Oreshnik at Ukraine earlier today.
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Russia’s Experimental Ballistic Missile Used To Strike Ukraine Is Based On The RS-26 Rubezh

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

Chinese Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Concept That Launches Its Own Weapons Emerges
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Chinese Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicle Concept That Launches Its Own Weapons Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 11, 2024

The US Army and US Navy recently "initiated" a test of a hypersonic weapon system, but the US military won't say whether or not it was a success or failure, or even if there was an actual launch at all.
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Hypersonic Weapon Just Tested In Florida, Results Unclear

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 30, 2024

Russia says it will respond to the United States’ decision to dramatically increase its long-range fire capabilities in Europe starting in 2026. The United States will deploy to Germany a range of advanced ground-launched weapons, including the Typhon (firing both SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles) and “developmental hypersonic weapons” — a reference to the yet-to-be-fielded Dark Eagle.
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U.S. Long-Range Missiles Headed To Germany As Arms Race Escalates

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 11, 2024

North Korea has tested what it claims is a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile tipped with a unpowered boost-glide vehicle.
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North Korea’s Latest Hypersonic Missile System Is One Sinister-Looking Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 3, 2024

The US Army says launcher-related issues have led to the scrapping of three planned tests of its Dark Eagle hypersonic missile this year.
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Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Test Woes Caused By Launcher

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 5, 2023

A new planned test of the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic missile has been cancelled.
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Test Of Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile At Cape Canaveral Aborted (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

Hypersonic Space Force Cape Canaveral LRHW
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Mysterious Launch Out Of Cape Canaveral Appears Imminent (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 5, 2023

SM-6 Missiles Are America’s Only Defense Against Hypersonic Weapons Missile Defense Chief Says
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SM-6 Missiles Are America’s Only Defense Against Hypersonic Weapons Missile Defense Chief Says

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 3, 2022

Army Revives Cold War Nuclear Missile Unit To Deploy New Long-Range Weapons In Europe
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Army Revives Cold War Nuclear Missile Unit To Deploy New Long-Range Weapons In Europe

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 10, 2021

U.S. Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Test Fails (Updated)
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U.S. Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Test Fails (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

The Army Just Got Its Hands On Its First “Dark Eagle” Hypersonic Missile Launchers
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The Army Just Got Its Hands On Its First “Dark Eagle” Hypersonic Missile Launchers

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 6, 2021

The Army Has Finally Revealed The Range Of Its New Hypersonic Weapon
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The Army Has Finally Revealed The Range Of Its New Hypersonic Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 14, 2021

Army Shows First-Ever Footage Of New Hypersonic Missile In Flight And Impacting
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Army Shows First-Ever Footage Of New Hypersonic Missile In Flight And Impacting

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 5, 2020