The United States Air Force conducted the successful launch of a hypersonic weapon off the coast of California this weekend, a spokesperson said.
"Our highly-skilled team made history on this first air-launched hypersonic weapon," said Lt. Col. Michael Jungquist, the director of the 419th Flight Test Squadron and the Global Power Bomber Combined Test Force, who executed the test.
Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, Program Executive Officer for Weapons, celebrated the"major accomplishment" after a B-52H Stratofortress released an AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon at Edwards Air Force Base, in California, Saturday.This image shows the launch of the experimental X-43A scramjet and its attached booster rocket as it is launched from a modified NASA B-52 bomber at 40,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, 27 March 2004.," Collins said.
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