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Pentagon Successfully Tests Hypersonic Weapon Glide Body

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 20th, 2020

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Pentagon Successfully Tests Hypersonic Weapon Glide Body

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility during a Defense Department flight experiment, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020.

The Pentagon has completed a successful flight test of its hypersonic weapon glide body, a key milestone as the department looks to field a hypersonic weapon in the early-to-mid 2020s. The Army and Navy jointly conducted the launch of Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii at 10:30 p.m. local time, which included flying the glide body at hypersonic speed to reach a designated impact point. ''This test builds on the success we…

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