Alaska will begin testing a new long-range radar capable of tracking both intercontinental ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons. It is reported by “Interfax”.
Vice Admiral John Hill, director of the US Defense Missile Defense Agency, said the construction of the early warning radar has been completed, and now it is possible to begin the testing phase. “It will enable Northern Command to better defend the United States against ballistic and hypersonic missile threats,” Hill said.
When fully operational, the radar could provide an unprecedented ability to simultaneously search and track multiple small targets, including all classes of ballistic missiles at very long ranges, the statement said.
In late October, the US Army and Navy conducted a second firing test of the first stage of a solid-propellant hypersonic missile engine. The tests took place in Promontory, Utah. In particular, the thrust vector control system of a solid-propellant rocket engine was tested.
