Epic: The U.S. Army recently completed a successful test of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), nicknamed Dark Eagle, which flew in a near-operational configuration over 2,000 miles. Dark Eagle combines a Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman rocket booster with the Navy-led Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB).

-This Mach 5 hypersonic missile system is designed to evade current air defenses and counter China's anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategies in the Pacific.

-Operational service is expected by 2025, with the first battery established at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The system promises to significantly enhance U.S. capabilities in the Pacific theater.

The U.S. Army recently completed a successful “end-to-end” flight test of its forthcoming surface-launched hypersonic missile known as the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon a few months back, or more ominously, Dark Eagle. The weapon was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, HI, and flew in what’s commonly called an “all-up round” configuration, meaning the missile is already in a nearly operational trim.

Dark Eagle is a truck-launched missile system comprised of a two-stage rocket booster developed by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman designed to........

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