Current US hypersonic weapons projects. (General)

[Josh_TN]

We never did figure out what HCCW was. HACM is now firmly out of the black, but we never even figured out what hCCW stood for…

 

[NMaude]

but we never even figured out what hCCW stood for…

I suppose the "H" stood for hypersonic and the "W" stood for weapon.

 

[bobbymike]

Holy
Cow
Crappy
Weapon

 

[dark sidius]

 

[dark sidius]

What is this interesting thing on the right screen ?

 

[yeetmahboi]

What is this interesting thing on the right screen ?View attachment 762112

I wish it was CAV. But reality strikes hard.

Probably just a generic HGV design. Don't read too much into it.

 

[Forest Green]

Looks sort of like the LS-200.

 

[dark sidius]

Looks sort of like the LS-200.

Anti missile hypersonic glide vehicle ?

 

[Forest Green]

Orbital stealth bomber.

 

[dark sidius]

Orbital stealth bomber.

It could be a beautiful capacity

 

[bobbymike]

It could be a beautiful capacity

Starship loaded with 100 1k lbs RVs would be a nice capability

 

[dark sidius]

Starship loaded with 100 1k lbs RVs would be a nice capability

We don't know what lockheed could have in mind...

 

[Forest Green]

Starship loaded with 100 1k lbs RVs would be a nice capability

Lobbing C-HGBs without the missile.

 

[In_A_Dream]

What does Project Mayhem look like?

 

[totoro]

What does Project Mayhem look like?

Like attempted destruction of banking and financial institution infrastructure in hope it would push the consumerism driven society into chaos?

 

[dark sidius]

Starship loaded with 100 1k lbs RVs would be a nice capability

For sure but at today it don't work very well Rumors is Lockheed have a ISR something in work at a classified level may be it is something like that. It could be part of the Golden dome with some space based interceptor concept.

 

[Josh_TN]

It’s just fan fiction. The USAF is struggling just to build a new fighter.

 

[yeetmahboi]

It’s just fan fiction. The USAF is struggling just to build a new fighter.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk4MjH9RZ6Y

 

[dark sidius]

It’s just fan fiction. The USAF is struggling just to build a new fighter.

We know nothing about the Lockheed or USAF black programs a lot is possible behind the wall. A lot is surely done since the Darpa Falcon hypersonic of 2006, now Darpa have a new one with the NEXTrs we absolutly dont know where they are with the hypersonics technology we can speculate but for sure a lot of work have been done since 2006.

 

[bobbymike]

I think sometimes our optimism can blur our vision. I’ve generally been a technological optimist thinking “there has to be, half a trillion plus black budget over the decades later, something out there”

One of the “optimistic fallacies” I fall into is “the reason they’re debating the form and function of 6th Gen aircraft is there’s a plane so advanced in the black we should wait for that”

Unfortunately my thinking is becoming more pessimistic that we can’t do a lot of the things we did before, anymore, ships, aircraft, ICBMs, etc.

 

[yeetmahboi]

Unfortunately my thinking is becoming more pessimistic that we can’t do a lot of the things we did before, anymore, ships, aircraft, ICBMs, etc.

I'd be happy if the US can churn out ships like they used to. But even that is too much of an ask with how the industry have degraded.

In an alternate universe the US never saw the devastating changes brought by the immediate 90s era. The first men and women would be exploring Mars and space warfare comes as a nice bonus. Reality? Wall Street wants to wave stock evaluation papers around to beat the centuries-worth oil storage under mega industrialized Russia?

SRAM took 8 years from contract formulation to operational fielding. ARRW is cancelled after 6 years but the glider is already over a decade old. And now we have nearly zero nuclear SOW for the B-2/21 force. Politicians like to point out how some weapon will cost billions to develop and billions to field. Yet they neglect to mention how crucial the fielding of those weapons to the security of those billions of dollars or how some social welfare program is still practiced despite demonstrated futility, programs that cost multiple magnitudes more than the "scary rockets".

 

[Josh_TN]

AFAIK AGM-181 is testing well and B-21 is explicitly stated to be a carrier.

But yes the de industrialization of the 90s came at a steep price.

 

[NMaude]

Defense Updates has put out a video about whether or not the Dark Eagle will be a game-changer for the US:

After years of delays and technical challenges, the U.S. Army is gearing up to deploy its much-anticipated "Dark Eagle" long-range hypersonic weapon (LRHW) by the end of fiscal year 2025. This update follows a recent U.S. congressional report, confirmed by a defense official to Defense News, stating that the Army aims to field the first LRHW unit within the next year.

The original plan was to equip the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, with the LRHW by fall 2023. However persistent issues with the launcher and launch sequence forced the Army to push back its timeline. A government watchdog report previously pointed to these technical difficulties as a major factor behind the delays, noting that while the missile itself remained functional, complications with the firing mechanism and range conditions led to several aborted tests.

In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the “Dark Eagle” long-range hypersonic weapon (LRHW) will be a game changer for the US military?

#defenseupdates #darkeagle #LRHW

Chapters:
0:00 TITLE
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:07 DARK EAGLE
03:40 CAPABILITIES
05:51 ANALYSIS