US ultrasonic missile test cancelled due to technical defects.
US Department of Defense tests test of ultrasonic missile due to technical glitches.
The US Department of Defense ultrasonic missile test program has been suspended due to technical defects.
The Pentagon program was halted after an auxiliary rocket carrying an ultrasonic weapon failed to rise from the ground, Reuters reported, quoting sources familiar with the matter.
The Pentagon test was supposed to confirm various aspects of the developing guidance devices related to these missiles, the agency added.
The ultrasonic guidance device fires from a rocket at high altitudes at five times the speed of sound before moving toward the target.
In two other tests Wednesday, the US Navy and military tested prototype ultrasonic missiles, which the Pentagon said were successful.
On the other hand, after the publication of a report on China testing a supersonic missile and its denial by a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Financial Times once again reported that another similar test was carried out by Beijing in the summer.
“On July 27 this year, the Chinese military fired a missile for the first time from a ‘partial orbital bombardment’ system to launch an ultrasonic missile capable of “It used to carry nuclear warheads around the earth.”
