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2025-11-09 Science & Technology

Donald Trump's new city-destroying nuclear missile 'is spotted for the first time' as planespotter photographs it on hush-hush test flight

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-09 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1775 views ] Top

1 Snark or Snide ☺
Wow!!!!

Trump's DOD R&D must be the best on earth. They were able to design, develop and field a brand-new nuke missile / weapon all in under 200 days.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-11-09 06:15|| 2025-11-09 06:15|| Front Page Top

2 More city destroying than every other nuke missile that came before it!

Posted by ed in texas 2025-11-09 07:57|| 2025-11-09 07:57|| Front Page Top

3 Exactly Ed ... haven't we had a plethora of these things since Aug 1945?

Posted by Warthog 2025-11-09 08:02|| 2025-11-09 08:02|| Front Page Top

4 B-52 Spotted During Testing of Unidentified Weapon

Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-09 11:10|| 2025-11-09 11:10|| Front Page Top

5 Raytheon AGM-181 LRSO
The LRSO (Long-Range Standoff) cruise missile program was initiated by the U.S. Air Force in 2015 to develop a replacement for the AGM-86B ALCM. Two competitors, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, received development contracts for the LRSO missile in August 2017. Earlier, the designations YAGM-180A (Lockheed Martin) and YAGM-181A (Raytheon) had been allocated for LRSO.

In 2020, it was announced that the LRSO program would continue with Raytheon as the only contractor, and in 2021, the company was awarded an EMD (Engineering and Manufacturing Development) contract for the AGM-181 missile. Current plans call for a production decision in 2027, and an initial operational capability around 2030. The USAF plans to procure around 1000 missiles. The AGM-181 had completed at least 9 successful flight tests by the end of 2022.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-09 11:16|| 2025-11-09 11:16|| Front Page Top

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