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Dark Eagle Missile
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Photo: U.S Army Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) during Operation Thunderbolt Strike at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, March 3, 2023. (Photo Credit: Spc. Chandler Coats, U.S. Army)
The Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle has a range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launched missile equipped with a hypersonic glide body and associated transport, support, and fire control equipment. The LRHW is intended to provide the Army with a long-range, conventional precision strike capability against time sensitive and heavily defended targets, particularly in contested environments.
Photo: A U.S Army Soldier lifts the hydraulic launching system on the new Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) during Operation Thunderbolt Strike at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, March 3, 2023. During the LRHW system development, the Army’s Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) implemented a Soldier-centered design concept which uses formal and informal Soldier touch points to obtain early feedback to influence design, speed up development, and ensure an operationally effective weapon system. (Photo Credit: Spc. Chandler Coats, U.S. Army)
References
"The U.S. Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW): Dark
Eagle", Congressional Research Service, CRS IF11991, April 29,
2026.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11991
"1st Multi-Domain Task Force deployes the Army's first Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon System", U.S. Army, March 30, 2023.
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