CNN: US conducted covert test of hypersonic missile

He said that Washington conducted a successful test in mid-March, but this was kept secret for two weeks "to avoid escalating tensions with Moscow as President Joe Biden was about to go to Europe."

The official specified that it was a HAWC hypersonic air-to-air missile launched from a B-52 bomber off the west coast. The projectile managed to overcome over 482 km at an altitude of more than 19.8 km. It is noted that at the lower limit of hypersonic range, such a flight takes less than five minutes.

It is noted that the test was carried out after the Russian Federation used the “Dagger”, disabling an ammunition depot in western Ukraine.