The U.S. military announced today that the Army has deployed its first long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle" (LRHW, Dark Eagle) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The U.S. military announced today that the Army has deployed its first long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle" (LRHW, Dark Eagle) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

The U.S. military pointed out on the 30th that the Long-Range Fires Battalion of the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force (1st MDTF) and the 5th Battalion of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (5-3 LRFB) deployed the first air force at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It has a long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle", and conducted a comprehensive rehearsal of this weapon in the "Thunderbolt Strike" (Thunderbolt Strike) exercise.

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Bernard Harrington, commander of Multi-Domain Task Force 1, said that real missile data and mission objectives were used in the Thunder Strike exercise to simulate real combat. "Our soldiers are ready to use this one. key force".

Harrington also mentioned that the Thunder Strike exercise has also verified effective cooperation across services and units, and can pave the way for future multi-domain task forces.

The Army's long-range precision firepower "Dark Eagle" will become an important breakthrough deterrent force for the US military in the Pacific in the second half of this year.

At present, the hypersonic weapons of the U.S. Army and Navy are jointly developed, named Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) and Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS). The Army LRHW will use dual-mounted missiles to launch The Navy's CSP will be equipped on Zumwalt-class missile destroyers and Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines.

The U.S. Air Force's hypersonic weapon "Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon" (ARRW) AGM-183A recently reported that its second test was unsuccessful, and the U.S. military turned its attention to another hypersonic cruise missile (HACM).

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