{"id":28680,"date":"2025-12-21T12:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28680"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:29:45","slug":"dark-eagle-anti-missile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dark-eagle-anti-missile-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US Army and Navy recently completed integrated testing of the Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> hypersonic missile system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>United States Army.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> non-nuclear, ground-launched <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hypersonic missile weapon system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile component of the LRHW is reportedly being <\/span><b>developed by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built for strategic attack missions, the weapon is capable of p<\/span><b>enetrating anti-access\/area-denial (A2\/AD) defenses, suppressing long-range enemy fires, a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd delivering rapid precision effects when and where they are needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a land-based hypersonic weapon designed to <\/span><b>strike targets at distances <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of up to<\/span><b> 2,735 kilometers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises a mobile ground-based battery equipped with four Transporter Erector Launchers (TEL), supported by command and control elements, with each TEL capable of <\/span><b>launching two missiles for a total of eight.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system\u2019s ballistic missile features two stages, one of which includes a <\/span><b>hypersonic glide warhead (C-HGB),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an <\/span><b>unpowered but highly maneuverable <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vehicle capable of reaching extreme speeds of Mach 17, making interception particularly difficult.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile <\/span><b>climbs to the edge of space, flies through the upper atmosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out of reach of most enemy defenses, then <\/span><b>maneuvers toward its target. <\/b><\/li>\n<li>Each hypersonic missile is powered by a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">solid-fueled two-stage rocket booster.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiantimes.com\/dark-eagle-hypersonic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Eagle is a long-range hypersonic anti-missile system developed by the United States, which is capable of intercepting enemy missiles in mid-air. 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