Army Terminates Hypersonic Weapon Test Before Evaluating Payload

By Tony Bertuca, Jason Sherman / August 25, 2014 at 3:52 PM
The Army Space and Missile Defense Command was unable to evaluate its Advanced Hypersonic Weapon today during a test in which a booster rocket experienced an “anomaly” after liftoff in Alaska, prompting authorities to terminate the flight. “Shortly after 4 a.m. EDT, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, as part of the Defense Department's Conventional Prompt Global Strike technology development program, conducted a flight test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon from the Kodiak Launch Complex...

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