Alaska will begin testing a new long-range radar, which is capable of tracking both intercontinental ballistic missiles and hypersonic weapons. Reports about it “Interfax”.
As the director of the Agency for Anti-missile defense of the American defense department, Vice-Admiral John Hill, stated, the construction of a long-range detection radar is completed, and now you can begin the test phase. “He will allow the Northern Command to better defend the United States from the threats of ballistic and hypersonic missiles,” said Hill.
In the statement, it is said that after complete water, the radar will be able to provide an unprecedented opportunity to simultaneously search and tracking several small objects, including all classes of ballistic missiles on very large ranges.
In late October, the US land and naval forces of the United States conducted the second fire tests of the first stage of the solid fuel engine of the hypersonic rocket. Tests passed in promoter, Utah. In particular, the system control system for the thrust vector of the solid fuel rocket engine was tested.