Silent test of US supersonic missile for fear of Russia

As tensions between Western countries and Russia over the Ukraine crisis continue, the US move to test a supersonic missile has made headlines, according to Fars News Agency’s International Service.

Network “سی‌ان‌انA Pentagon staffer reports on Tuesday that Washington had quietly tested a supersonic missile.

According to the report, “The United States successfully tested a supersonic missile in mid-March, but kept it a secret for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia, given that President Joe Biden was planning to travel to Europe.” put.

A Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States had tested the supersonic missile with the B-52 bomber on its west coast. According to him, this was the first successful test of Lockheed Martin’s version of the ultrasonic rocket.

The supersonic missile was fired at an altitude of 65,000 feet and flew more than 300 miles to hit a predetermined target, the U.S. official told CNN.

“The test (of this supersonic missile) took place a few days after Russia used its own supersonic missile during the invasion of Ukraine,” the CNN reported.

Russia announced in early March that it had attacked and destroyed an ammunition depot in the western part of the country with a Kinzhal supersonic missile.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said that Russia’s move to fire a supersonic missile in Ukraine would not “change the equation of the game” in attacking Ukraine, and a few days later Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said: “Hard. “The exact justification for this action (Russia’s use of the Kinzhal missile in Ukraine) can be understood.”

The US media coverage of the supersonic missile test and its secrecy have come at a time when Washington has previously delayed the test of a new continental ballistic missile called the Minotoman 3. Explaining why the test was delayed, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States had no plans to do anything to further misunderstand Russia.

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