US Army Cancels Flight Test of Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon
- Pentagon seeking to catch up with China on hypersonic arsenal
- Defense Department doesn’t say what led to scrapping of test
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The US scrapped a test on Wednesday of what’s meant to be the Army’s first hypersonic missile in its arsenal, a setback as the US looks to catch up with China for a crucial weapon of the future.
“The department planned to conduct a flight test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida to inform our hypersonic technology development but as a result of pre-flight checks the test did not occur,” the Defense Department said in a statement to Bloomberg News, referring to the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon.