The U.S. Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)

Abstract

What Is the Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon? The Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) (Figure 1), with a reported range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launched missile equipped with a hypersonic glide body and associated transport, support, and fire control equipment. According to the Army: This land-based, truck-launched system is armed with hypersonic missiles that can travel well over 3,800 miles per hour. They can reach the top of the Earths atmosphere and remain just beyond the range of air and missile defense systems until they are ready to strike, and by then its too late to react.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2023
Accession Number
AD1210787

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Booster Rocket Engines
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Conventional Prompt Strike
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Hypersonic Missiles
  • Hypersonic Weapons
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Space Force
  • Task Forces
  • United States Government
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics