China Claims U.S. Hypersonic Missile Can
be destroyed by Attacking Slow-flying B-52 Aircraft
- Defensemirror.com
Bureau
- 08:07 AM,
December 16, 2022
AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon @U.S.A.F.
Chinese experts claim
that the U.S. Air Force’s AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW)
can be intercepted by attacking “low-end” B-52 bombers.
A full prototype of
the ARRW launched
from a B-52H Stratofortress bomber off the coast of California on December 9. It is a
boost-glide missile that uses a booster rocket to accelerate a projectile to
hypersonic speeds, before a glide vehicle separates from the booster and uses
inertia to travel to its target.
Russian and Chinese
analogues of the ARRW are Kinzhal and DF-17 respectively.
B-52 bomber carrying ARRW @U.S.A.F.
Chinese experts were
quoted as saying by state-controlled media that the “AGM-183A should not be considered very
advanced in comparison to its Chinese and Russian counterparts.” They
said the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “has what it takes to defend the
country.”
Fu Qianshao told
China’s semi-official Global Times newspaper that the AGM-183A can be intercepted
before it is launched from the slow-flying, large-sized, non-stealthy B-52
bomber.
“The U.S. wants to use the low-end B-52 bomber which cannot penetrate
air defense on its own to carry the strongly penetrative, standoff AGM-183A
hypersonic missile, and use the high-end B-21 stealth bomber to drop
inexpensive munitions within the opponent’s defense lines,” Zhang Xuefeng, another Chinese military expert,
told the outlet.
Fu added that another
option, which can also counter the B-21, is to attack bases and airfields where
the bombers are deployed.
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