Aegis, SPY-6 radar detected, tracked and launched simulated SM-6 against long-range hypersonic glide vehicle

[F-22Raptor]

The Aegis ballistic missile defense system demonstrated the ability to track a long-range hypersonic weapon during a non-intercept test executed in parallel with a March 2020 flight test of the Conventional Prompt Strike program, launching a simulated Standard Missile-6 against the actual hypersonic glide body during its 2,000-mile flight over the Pacific. The Pentagon's top weapons tester revealed this development in a report delivered to Congress and the defense secretary this month, including a brief description of the...

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[FuturePAF]

Good way to carry out two tests at once; the radar and a new IRBM with a hypersonic glide warhead. spy-6 testing detection is one thing, but finding the means to intercept it is another.

BTW, the “2000 mile” missile (probably flew from Vandenberg to Hawaii, with a land based SPY-6 Facility on one of the islands of Hawaii) is probably the following:

Here's What The Army's First Ever Operational Hypersonic Missile Unit Will Look Like

The service plans to use the unit mostly for testing and evaluation, but it will be ready for combat within the next four years, if necessary.

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