{"id":28680,"date":"2026-07-27T11:13:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T05:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28680"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:42:13","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"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States recently deployed the Dark Eagle hypersonic missile in Guam for the first time. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dark Eagle, also known as the <\/span><b>Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>non-nuclear, ground-launched <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hypersonic missile system of the <\/span><b>United States Army.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>United States Army\u2019s first operational hypersonic missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> system.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>missile component<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the LRHW is being <\/span><b>developed by Lockheed Martin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Northrop Grumman.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weapon is designed to <\/span><b>strike heavily defended, time-sensitive targets,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including command centres, air defence networks, missile launchers, naval facilities, and logistics hubs deep inside contested territory.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to strike targets at distances of up to 3<\/span><b>,500\u00a0 kilometers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises a <\/span><b>mobile ground-based battery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> equipped with <\/span><b>four Transporter Erector Launchers (TEL)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, supported by command and control elements, with each TEL capable of launching two missiles for a total of eight.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the core of the Dark Eagle system is the <\/span><b>Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB)\u2014a boost-glide vehicl<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e capable of<\/span><b> exceeding Mach 5 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">while performing <\/span><b>high-G maneuvers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to evade enemy missile defenses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is launched via a<\/span><b> two-stage solid-fuel booster<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that<\/span><b> propels the glide vehicle into the upper atmosphere before it descends <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">toward its target on an unpredictable trajectory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The glide body is equipped with a <\/span><b>conventional high-explosive warhead, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">optimized for kinetic strike effects and capable of neutralizing hardened or deeply buried targets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>guidance system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incorporates a <\/span><b>precision inertial navigation system (INS), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">likely <\/span><b>augmented by GPS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-based corrections during the boost and glide phases. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/vantage\/us-deploys-dark-eagle-hypersonic-missile-in-chinas-range-for-first-time-vantage-on-firstpost--vd2031885\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FP<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile is a non-nuclear, ground-launched hypersonic missile system of the United States Army. 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