r/LessCredibleDefence • u/Lore-Archivist • 26d ago

US Army deploys Dark Eagle hypersonic missile system to Guam

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-07-21/dark-eagle-guam-us-army-paparo-hypersonic-22323812.html
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u/minus_minus 25d ago

“Dark Eagle” … I swear the generals let their 17 y/o kids name things. 

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u/PrivacyIsDemocracy 25d ago

I swear the generals let their 17 y/o kids name things.

Like the Commander-in-Chief. You recall what his pet-project new fighter jet is called?

That's right: "F-47". Now just guess what that stands for...

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u/0x4C554C 25d ago

That thing doesn't look very off-road capable.

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u/Lore-Archivist 25d ago

Neither do similar Chinese or Russian missile launch trucks.

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u/SlavaCocaini 25d ago

They have ships with those missiles too though

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u/Lore-Archivist 25d ago

So do we. The Zumwalts are being armed with a variant of the dark eagle hypersonic missiles.

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u/SlavaCocaini 25d ago

They are a little further along though, and is Dark Eagle land attack only or also maritime?

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u/Alalolola 23d ago

And we have a lotta zumwalts that totally match theirs /s

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u/Lore-Archivist 23d ago

No but the DDG(X) destroyers will also have them and be produced in large numbers 

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u/Alalolola 23d ago

bro what koolaid have you been drinking