The test was conducted at a NASA facility in Wallops, Virginia.It is a significant step in development of a Navy-designed common hypersonic missile.This test by US demonstrated advanced hypersonic technologies, prototype systems and capabilities in a realistic operating environment.
Hypersonic missiles such as traditional ballistic missiles can fly at five times the speed of sound that is, Mach 5.These missiles are more manoeuvrable as compared to their ballistic counterparts.
Missile will be used to trace a low trajectory in atmosphere by making them harder to defend.
China had conducted a test of Hypersonic Missile with nuclear capacity in August 2021. China’s hypersonic missile completed a circuit of Earth before landing. However, it missed its target. According to China, it was a routine test for a spacecraft rather than a missile. China launched hypersonic medium-range missile called “DF-17” in the year 2019. This hypersonic missile can travel about 2000 kilometres and can carry nuclear warheads.
