The circular probable deviation of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) hypersonic gliding unit in a test conducted in March by the Navy and the U.S. Army was 6 inches (about 15 centimeters), Aviation Week reported, citing a statement from the United States Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy States.
“Hypersonic missiles hit their targets with a deviation of only 6 inches,” the chief revealed the accuracy of the weapon during an October online speech at the annual meeting of the US Army Association. Aviation Week notes that McCarthy's statement slightly contradicts what President of the United States Donald Trump said in June.
In June, Popular Mechanics, citing a statement from the latter, wrote that the AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) circular probable deviation is 14 inches (less than 35 centimeters). According to the American publication, such a small value of this parameter will make Chinese and Russian engineers scratch their heads.
CHGB will receive promising American Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) missiles of the Army, Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) of the Navy and Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) of the US Air Force (Air Force) as combat equipment. The latter, in turn, is based on the Air Force's AGM-183A ARRW solid-propellant aeroballistic missile launched by the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber.
