“The OpFires missile did not reach hypersonic speeds during the test, the official told CNN, but that was not the goal of the exercise. Instead, the first test flight of the OpFires system was primarily designed to test the rocket launch from the vehicle. Further tests of the system are scheduled for later this year, the official said.”
Basically intelligence community speak for it was a failure but we want to portray it like it was a success in the headlines. The missiles are not hypersonic, ergo the test was a failure and they are not comparable to Russian or Chinese hypersonic missiles.
failures? the article says they were successful.
“The OpFires missile did not reach hypersonic speeds during the test, the official told CNN, but that was not the goal of the exercise. Instead, the first test flight of the OpFires system was primarily designed to test the rocket launch from the vehicle. Further tests of the system are scheduled for later this year, the official said.”
Basically intelligence community speak for it was a failure but we want to portray it like it was a success in the headlines. The missiles are not hypersonic, ergo the test was a failure and they are not comparable to Russian or Chinese hypersonic missiles.