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Hypersonic weapon detonated after lift-off: US military

by Agence France-Presse
August 27, 2014
in Technology News
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The US military had to detonate a hypersonic weapon seconds after lift-off Monday due to a technical problem, cutting short a flight test for the experimental project, officials said.

“Less than four seconds into the lift-off phase, we terminated the flight,” Pentagon spokeswoman Maureen Schumann told AFP.

The decision to abort the flight test in Alaska was due to a technological “anomaly,” she said, without providing more details.

The launch of the “Advanced Hypersonic Weapon” occurred after 4 am local time at the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, Pentagon officials said.

The weapon is part of the Pentagon’s “prompt global strike” program designed to build conventional weapons that could take out targets anywhere on the planet within an hour’s notice.

“Due to an anomaly, the test was terminated near the launch pad shortly after lift-off to ensure public safety,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

There were no injuries in the incident, it said, adding that officials are conducting an “extensive investigation” to determine what went wrong.

A previous flight test for the weapon was carried out in November 2011.

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