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Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile System Latest News

The United States recently deployed its ‘Dark Eagle’ Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) during the Talisman Sabre military drills in Australia.

The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), or “Dark Eagle,” is a hypersonic missile system of the United States Army.
The missile component of the LRHW is reportedly being developed by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
Built for strategic attack missions, the weapon is capable of penetrating anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses, suppressing long-range enemy fires, and delivering rapid precision effects when and where they are needed.

It is a land-based hypersonic weapon designed to strike targets at distances of up to 1,700 miles (2,735 kilometers).
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 launching two missiles for a total of eight.
The system’s ballistic missile features two stages, one of which includes a hypersonic glide warhead (C-HGB), an unpowered but highly maneuverable vehicle capable of reaching extreme speeds of Mach 17, making interception particularly difficult.
The missile climbs to the edge of space, flies through the upper atmosphere out of reach of most enemy defenses, then maneuvers toward its target.
Each hypersonic missile is powered by a solid-fueled two-stage rocket booster.