Possible Hypersonic Test 'Balk' May Add To Poor USAF Record

An AGM-183A ARRW is prepared to be tested.
Credit: USAF
An exchange during a think-tank event in Washington on July 29 may offer an explanation for the absence of a promised U.S. Air Force hypersonic flight test in July. “Did we balk on a [hypersonic] test run last week?” John Venable, senior research fellow for Defense Policy at the Heritage Foundation...

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