Lockheed Martin Unveils Mako Hypersonic Missile

Lockheed Martin and CoAspire unveiled the new Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile at Sea Air Space 2024. Mako, the name derived from the fastest shark in the sea, is being pitched to the US Navy by Lockheed Martin for its speed, affordability, and targeting versatility to hold many targets at risk.
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According to Lockheed Martin officials, this is the first time the hypersonic missile has been publicly displayed since the beginning of its development over seven years ago. A graphic played by the company at the CoAspire booth shows what seems to be a U.S. Air Force F-35A launching six of the hypersonic missiles in quick succession from both external and internal mounts.
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[@tomkershaw4384]

Someone , call Alex Hollings.

[@nitroxide17]

Air power sea power all powers man

[@dextermorgan1]

I'm sure he's on it.

[@dna6882]

I love it

[@gamingrex2930]

@@nitroxide17 D E S E R T P O W E R

[@nitroxide17]

@@gamingrex2930 love it!

[@bigfoot163]

Just remember, if they are showing it to us , its already 10 years old 😂😂😂

[@sunnyrobinson2128]

Stolen Russian technology

[@leduckified1534]

ehh more like 5 years.

[@SomewhereInTheSolarSystem]

More like, 60 years old. I understand that such a weapon is important, but seriously, what could be "exciting" about a hypersonic missile?? This "excitement" is both embarrassing and hilarious.

[@iBENiceMan]

@@SomewhereInTheSolarSystem ❓what.. You believe todays computing power existed 60 years ago💀🤡🤡

[@SomewhereInTheSolarSystem]

@@iBENiceMan For sure, but not human tech - Homo sapiens existence is about nothing in the timescale of the universe. The feature they present about this missile is not computing, but speed, and the whistleblowers and some private sector executives said that 6 decades ago, their reverse engineering dominated gravity.

[@simonhanlon7518]

I bet this guy can do a killer Kermit impression.

[@stevebennett6593]

That's a big LOL from me :)

[@stevebennett6593]

Perhaps both the American and European Kermit !

[@denu1879]

You just made me smile, I can't take this guy speaking seriously now 😂😂😂

[@BronzDano]

I can’t unhear it now 😂

[@hrdknox2000]

OMG! I can't unsee this, mentally, now that you said that! Lol😅

[@KakumeiDev]

the fact that lockheed made a hypersonic missile that can fit inside a stealth aircraft like the f-35 or f-22 is groundbreaking

[@phiality9070]

Meanwhile the chinaboos and kremlinboos yelling at their screens I love how all our enemies tell us what they dont have which is 10x overestimated to what they actually have so we make something to counter that and that ends up 100x better than the thing they have. The classic foxbat - f 15 dillema

[@finnm.2582]

@@phiality9070Are you really that naive to underestimate a potential enemy and talking bad to their gear ? Never underestimate an enemy.

[@yuyy8565]

@@phiality9070the foxbat was extremely good in its role.

[@ViceCoin]

Stealthy exhaust plume. LOL

[@JasonPutschker-xw9uf]

Cause there are more than 15 armies across the world outside north America that have done that already 😂😂😂😂

[@StereoSpace]

The fact that it fits inside the weapons bay of the F-35 seems like it may have been an important design goal. Two of these can be carried, and the aircraft remains fully stealthy. You don't need huge range when you can fly in quietly, launch, then return to base. The target will never know where they came from.

[@apolloaero]

They were going for the SiAW bid, but lost to the AARGM-ER derivative. So that's where that came from. If it's cheaper yet effective, the Navy might opt for this instead of the SiAW. However, it might be better and cheaper to go in with the SiAW since they'll be splitting the bill with the Air Force. It just depends on how much it got tweaked and what else it brings to the table other than speed tbh. Speed could be its selling point, but how much faster than mach 4 is it? If it's mach 5, I doubt it'll find any buyers. If it's above mach 6, its chances should increase dramatically. Just speculation btw

[@goldreserve]

Yes, and when armed with nukes US will have viable nuclear first strike capability. It makes escalation to all out nuclear war less predictable.

[@ViceCoin]

How much fuel and payload is carried? What is the range?

[@stunick1573]

@@ViceCoin All good questions, but you heard Xavier ask "what can you tell me". The guy stated all the company is telling about the missile at this point. As for a warhead/payload at Mach 5 against smaller ships it doesn't need one. it would just tear apart a ship and any on board fuel would cause fires.

[@ViceCoin]

@@stunick1573 So it requires a direct hit.

[@27EWS]

I'm extremely impressed that he knows it's 'fast'.

[@unknownuser069]

What I heard him say is "the performance envelope of this weapon is classified."

[@ytsks]

@@unknownuser069 And that is why he would be talking to you and not that guy.

[@user-cu9qv1sk5x]

😂😂😂

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

When he said it's fats It is super fast

[@Trojan0304]

Affordable is key , numbers matter

[@LSmoney215]

Don’t be fooled it’s not cheap. Prob cost 3mil a pop

[@065Tim]

@@LSmoney215 If you destroy a target worth a multitude, its worth it.

[@DCresident123]

affordable hahahaha

[@LSmoney215]

@@065Tim that’s irrelevant still isn’t cheap

[@navyseal1689]

Im pretty sure hypersonic missile would be used specifically for Chinese carrier only

[@philchristmas4071]

Good to see US defense companies pumping out new weapons.

[@user-tt6il2up4o]

10 years late

[@Jeff55369]

@@user-tt6il2up4o the US is the only country that is publicly working on hypersonic weapons systems for conventional munitions (so you can't really say they're late.) The other missiles that are out there are only for delivering nuclear payloads, and the missiles that claimed to be hypersonic for delivering conventional munitions turned out to be nothing more than a normal ballistic missile with a conventional warhead.

[@truthseeker9454]

@@Jeff55369 Yeah, RuZZia's vaunted Kh-47M2 Kinzhal is great at destroying an apartment building or school.

[@Jeff55369]

@@truthseeker9454 Not actually a hypersonic missile though, even though it was claimed to be one.

[@easonhuang7117]

@@Jeff55369 DF-17 is the only hypersonic missile in service and it is conventional.

[@johnnytyler5685]

This is likely Lockheed's entrant for the SiAW missile program. They lost the competition to Northrop Grumman late last year. If you've ever seen the AARGM-ER missile (the new HARM), this thing looks VERY similar to an AARGM-ER. The only real difference is that the strakes that extend along the entire length (almost) of both sides of the AARGM-ER are very short on this missile. You can see them only on the front of this missile. The rest of the missile body appears to be identical to an AARGM-ER. It was simply scaled up in size in order to hold more fuel so it could reach hypersonic speeds while still maintaining a useful range. And, of course, the contract called for an upper limit on its size in order for it to fit inside the internal weapons bays on an F-35, which is why the full-length side strakes were removed. Because Lockheed lost the SiAW competition to Northrop Grumman (who manufactures the AARGM-ER, the missile that these SiAW missiles were very clearly based on), they are now revealing this hypersonic missile publicly in the hopes of getting interest from the US Navy (SiAW is an Air Force program) and/or foreign ally militaries. And because Northrop Grumman will be busy manufacturing their winning SiAW missile to fulfill the Air Force's order(s) for it, this Lockheed Mako is available right now for order from the US Navy or any foreign allies who may want a capability like this (and who can get US approval to buy them). They can order these missiles right now and have them produced right now for rapid fielding, whereas any US Navy/foreign orders for the Northrop Grumman SiAW will have to get in line behind the current Air Force order(s) for that missile. Lockheed's production line is just sitting there waiting for the first order to come in. And just to add...the technical details for the SiAW missile are obviously still classified. It is a brand-new weapon and a brand-new capability for the US military...they haven't even fielded these things yet. Since both Lockheed and Northrop had to meet the same requirements for the SiAW program, this missile has the exact same (or nearly the same) technical specs as the US Air Force's brand new SiAW missile. That means this guy CAN'T share any technical details of this missile publicly...just basic, vague stuff. It's still very cool to finally see this thing, though.

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

This answered all my questions. The buzzword Hypersonic never ceased to blur things. The AARGM-ER seems like (from the surface) the better choice, so I wonder what the can stuff inside this that would intrigue the Navy in the Mako over the NG winner, which was tested on a Rhino. The strakes idea seems to really have NG interest, as they’ve also shown it off on the Maritime Strike Missile, which looks huge.

[@vegass04]

I wonder if this is a scramjet powered missile or the pure rocket motor driven... Anyway it is a cool weapon and if it can be fielded fast it would be a great adittion to USAF arsenal. P. S. How does this stand compared to HALO anti ship missile being developed for the US Navy? MAKO is definitely hypersonic and primaraly an anti ship missile, not so much an all rounder..

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

@@vegass04 I’m not sure if it’s “hypersonic” in terms of being a HCM or HGV. It just looks like a regular rocket powered missile that can go Mach 5. It seems what makes it good is likely its guidance or gizmos, but the propulsion and aerodynamics seems pretty conventional.

[@andyanderson9165]

Not!

[@banksy6027]

U no ur stuff bro raspect man🫡✌️💯🇬🇧

[@SamFBM]

tomcat pilot - instant +100 respect

[@Nainara32]

Based on the shallowness of his responses, I get the impression that Rick wasn't too interested in answering questions about the weapon to the public media. He was even cagey about the development status, saying it hasn't yet been developed to prototype but at the same time it's "ready to fly", "ready now", and "ready to go to scale production".

[@reallyhappenings5597]

It didn't help that these two had zero chemistry either

[@notanymore9471]

Why would we want to publicly announce capabilities? We aren’t China or Russia building paper tigers.

[@ArcadiyIvanov]

Highly classified system. Can't answer a lot of questions. They still are not revealing the LRASM guidance packages and those have been around for a decade.

[@olderchin1558]

More like vaporware. At best, this is the US version of the Khinsal but smaller.

[@JimmyRussle]

@@olderchin1558 US doesnt make Vaporware. Thats Russia and Chinas department. They downplay their capabilities.

[@TheBongReyes]

The key is that this Mako system fits inside the F-35’s internal weapons bay. Now, imagine a F-15EX Eagle II fully equipped with 12+ hypersonic missiles. I’d still prefer if the USAF had adopted the B-1X program. A B-1 full of air-to-air being guided by F-35s and Wedgetails.

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Maybe they will once the B-1 was been replaced by the B-21 in the bomber role.

[@gregs7562]

B-1R I think I saw it called before. Be very handy over the Pacific. Totally outside the box as the B21 replaces the B2 could those old B2 be turned into a missile truck or even a stealthy tanker ?

[@vlhc4642]

Now imagine your F-15, B-1 and Wedgetail getting shot down by China's latest 2,000 km air to air hypersonic missile using satellite targeting.

[@TheBongReyes]

@@vlhc4642 Both are hypocritical. Russia claimed their hypersonic weapons were couldn’t be defended. Ukraine has shown that Zircons & Iskanders missiles can be and have been intercepted by Patriots. So, I put as much weight to China’s claims of their weapons as the same as Russia’s claims.

[@XkriskrossX]

​@vlhc4642 Erm.. A 2000km air to air missile? That's no longer a missile anymore that's essentially a high flying torpedo. For comparison, the PL-17 is supposed to be 20 ft long and claims to reach about 400km.. so for an AAM to have a 2000km range, we're talking about a missile that's probably greater in length than the J-20 itself. No fighter sized jet on Earth could ever hope to carry something of that size, let alone a decent sized bomber.

[@hotfightinghistory9224]

Someone at Lockheed played Wing Commander a lot back in the day I see :) Love it!

[@everypitchcounts4875]

Coming out of left field with this new one

[@sferrin2]

Probably threw the model together for the trade show.

[@indyvisible624]

“Go ahead mako my day” Clint Eastwood I think 🤔

[@user-hc5nh8kv7g]

"It needs to be pointy"

[@goulddddable]

it has a good paint job too.

[@nbgoodiscore1303]

It is making me act up

[@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644]

Pointy is good......also could use some speed-holes.

[@FireGoliath]

Rarely is so much said and so little actual information garnered

[@rivernet62]

Sadly that pattern is usual, not rare

[@wizardemrys]

What did you expect, a PhD thesis on a classified weapon?

[@kevinc1200]

Feel like Lockheed's marketing just wanted to push the idea of "affordable hypersonic that fits inside F35." Given the size constraint and the fact that this is supposed to be a cheap rocket powered missile (i.e. non-scram jet) I am skeptical.

[@FireGoliath]

@@wizardemrys honestly, a little more of a sales pitch

[@bradcolby7373]

Very cool,thanks for the upload!

[@davidhicks9435]

Finally, an affordable hypersonic missile!

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

😂

[@mattr6344]

I’ll take 2 🤣

[@billionear]

Maybe now we can beat Taliban 😂

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

@@billionear Nah, they’re a pretty hardy bunch.

[@mattyice2099]

Always nice to stay on top. Hypersonics are the future of missile defense.

[@_sunfish]

Hypersonic is for attack only, the only defense it could do is ballistic defense and even there it's worse than slower interceptors...

[@billionear]

@@_sunfish but we can still use it against the Taliban right? We got unfinished business in Afghanistan. And Vietnam too.

[@dr.threatening8622]

Man straight said that it can "service" targets. Love that line.

[@jolness1]

I can’t find my information about this except from this outlet.

[@massimobernardo-]

eBay

[@ReverseSingularity]

Mako? Lockheed engineers must be FFVII fans😅

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

Or they know words... mako means shark/shark tooth

[@KPad87]

Mako reactor

[@reaperbsc]

It's named after the fastest shark in the world. It is a funny coincidence though.

[@defiantrascal6214]

What is the range on that thing?

[@dloui5214]

wow , it's very pointy ! means very lethal . ask general aladeen if doubt the pointier the scarier

[@secretagent07]

Stealth+hypersonic! Quite gamechanging play! This basically pulverized any A2AD!

[@AKlover]

A Phoenix replacement??? Does it have to be paired with A specific RADAR?

[@user-tk2jy8xr8b]

How does it track a target while surrounded with a plasma cocoon and where's the inlet for the scramjet?

[@billionear]

And rainbow colours? This is sexiest misogynistic penile.

[@ncs2000]

did not mention the warhead size, weight and dimensions of this weapon. Can it fit in vertical launcher?

[@theabsolutemadlad2240]

Lot of specifications are classified but yes, the Mako will be able to be used on a variety of launch platforms. It's meant to be a weapon that can be used on multiple different platforms to increase the US capability of fielding hypersonic missiles.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Warhead none required as the kinetic energy of the missile is high, remember v² in ½mv².

[@stevefowler2112]

LMT is killing it...they just got the new global Missile defense networking system command and control contract yesterday. I retired in 2018 as an A.E./C.E. but I still keep in touch with the guys and still have a boatload of stock $$$$$

[@BuceGar]

And when did you develop dis weapon? "When it became a buzzword in the media, and everyone kept asking '"Where's ours?"

[@JamesPeach]

The US had actually been trying to develop hypersonic missiles for years but couldn't do it. Obviously having a missile that can't be blocked would be attempted to developed by any nation on the cutting edge of military technology. Blind fanboyinism is a du mb way to deal with the real world. Not to mention we still haven't seen any footage of it being used.

[@reaperbsc]

Pretty much. We can already beat radar with stealth. We don't need to do it with speed. We just made this to shut everyone up show that we can do it better.

[@anousenic]

​@@reaperbscSpeed has advantages other than just "beating radar". Some of which are mentioned in the clip.

[@joebutta7539]

What everyone misses is M5= 3,800mph...there has been many different weapons, rockets and missle that have achieved higher speeds for decades.

[@trumanhw]

the price...?

[@72waverly]

I get targeting a static objective, but if it is indeed hypersonic in terminal phase, how does it acquire a moving target through an ionized plasma field?

[@reaperbsc]

That is HIGHLY classified sir.

[@ErkanS13]

@@reaperbsc Pretty standard stuff.

[@brianshea8565]

I'm waiting for the presenter to offer up a price and a lead time to this guy. "As a starter, can I write you up for 50." State of the art technology to anyone who can afford it. The US use to hold on to our best and latest for at least a decade. The Military Industrial Complex at their best.

[@LostSpider]

Some obvious questions were missed, like does it have an HE head or relies on kinetic energy? what is the range? how it corrects its trajectory against moving targets? Does it use a RAM jet?

[@Skyfalcon12345]

Gotta love how China and Russia made a huge hubbub about their hypersonic missiles. Meanwhile, Lockheed over here has it in the corner of some random trade-show with a single suit talking about it as if it was a nice stereo.

[@billionear]

Never seen it in action. Does it work? Theres a ton of reports out there including the pentagon that the U.S. are struggling to develop one.

[@timfixinstuff2283]

Its weird he got into missle development instead of commercial flying. He has THE stereotypical pilot voice leaning toward kermit. Picture him saying "hey passengers, if you look out the left side of th....." right?

[@hamhouke]

Can you imagine? Boss: Here. This is our newest and best kaboom thing. Go out and sell! Salesperson: Great! What can I tell people about it? Boss: Almost nothing, and we never had this talk.

[@kashyap_0-0_]

Whats the specified speed in mach?

[@TheMike5478]

5

[@reaperbsc]

At least 5. It could be more, but of course they aren't going to tell anyone.

[@Randomguy-wy4xi]

Mach 5.

[@escapefelicity2913]

Now THERE's a fuking genius "it's fast"

[@reallyhappenings5597]

"Sir, we --"

[@ryanj610]

It's too small to be anything beyond mid range. It takes an insane amount of fuel to get to Mach 5 and maintain that speed.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Maybe a "terminal strike weapon" and yes I just made that up

[@rumble5352]

It won't matter whether it's a mid range weapon, if the F35 can carry it internally. An F35 could probably get within 75 miles or less of a ship without being detected. For example, if this missile has a 150-mile range that's plenty close enough. A missile going that fast, that is within 100 miles of the target will give that target less than a minute to impact. It's basically a kill shot for pretty much any ship out there. Scary stuff for any navy the US goes against.

[@joebutta7539]

Scramjets use the external air as fuel. Guess you didn't know that.

[@mattr6344]

@@joebutta7539I didn’t but I’m about to go down a KZbin rabbit hole 😂

[@thevanillagorillia1430]

Hahahah, very descriptive... Give this PM an award for his skills

[@thePronto]

"...several contracts...to continue the development of this weapon." Translation: mockup-ware...

[@texasranger24]

It would've been cool to at least get an approximation for the specs. Are we talking 50 or 500 or 5000 miles of range? Is it barely mach 5 top speed and less during the final approach, or maybe closer to mach 10 during the entire flight? Is it just a kinetic projectile, 50lbs warhead or maybe 1000lbs of kaboom? Sure the exact specs are classified, but at least a baseline to understand what category of missile this is.

[@Googlencraptubesuckabandonship]

Uh ooh! Better get Mako! Who remembers that commercial?

[@LeonAust]

Aussies showed interest in the Norwegian JSM missile for the F-35A internal bomb bay, it is a smart very manoeuvrable, stealth, anti ship land attack sub sonic missile, now this Mako might be a better fit but it depends on it's range, stealth and manoeuvrability if applicable at such speeds? and warhead size, especially if it has to carry out an anti ship capability as a small warhead all be it fast might not be effective. I have so many questions: Is the Mako a pure rocket or does it have a air breathing engine? can it manoeuvre at such speeds, it it stealthy at such speeds RCS and IR, what is its flight profile does it have low low low capability or does it fly high in sight of the enemies radar for most of it's flight, Warhead size? Range? even though it is hypersonic does it slow to a more interceptable terminal speed? is it networked? what is its guidance, does it have AI?

[@JonMartinYXD]

Pure rocket. Keeps costs down. There isn't much overlap in missions for JSM and Mako, _unless_ LM can somehow produce Mako for a substantially lower cost than JSM.

[@ARCNA442]

OASuW Increment 2?

[@BradAkersphotography]

Makxo really like the name. What was the $ of first investment round and then how quickly and how much she did lLM come in for round 2?

[@Whaleydavey]

Is it a shortfin or longfin mako? I believe the shortfin mako is much faster.

[@johnhopkins6260]

Patriot having already knocked the hyper-sonic "hype" off the wunderwaffe pedestal. This is but another manifestation of the technology of humans throwing rocks at each other.

[@ISAFSoldier]

There's a reoccurring theme going since the start of the Cold War. Save for a handful of things, the Sovi- I mean Russians have beaten us to the punch with alot of these concepts, however they usually end up lackluster or outright fail at performing. The US then comes along, takes whatever concept and if it deems that it's worth while, makes it better/actually work.

[@rafewheadon1963]

@@ISAFSoldier they havnt beaten us at a single thing. They steal or buy our new technologies whilst we are in the quality control phase and they release it without the thoroughness and their failures look to the common mind as if we succeeded where they failed.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

​@ISAFSoldier great, so we're the warfare equivalent of apple.

[@ISAFSoldier]

@@ascherlafayette8572 If Apple products were good, yes :P

[@egtaha]

A key characteristic of this hypersonic missile is that it’s really FAST! Gee thanks Einstein. I thought hypersonic was slow.

[@trentbulen3854]

Very cool

[@marksanney2088]

Looking forward to seeing if the missile’s performance matches or even surpasses the hype! 👍🏻🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸👍🏻

[@MrAlexg1101]

You can see he was very deliberate in his answers to not give away too much. Sensitive questions would be, what is its range, can it hit air targets? can it operate in GPS & communications denied environments? What is the top speed of the missile? Does the missile have any EW self protection measures? Can the missile deploy active countermeasures? Can the missile manoeuvre at hypersonic speeds? What is the price per unit? How many could Lockheed martin produce? How long does it take for the weapon to cook off?

[@Redmanticore]

1:13 5 mach is not that speedy in hypersonic category. hypersonic spread from 5 to 25+ mach. though he does say _in general_ perhaps not meaning this one.

[@sdoo-ou2ni]

this thing is ridiculously terrifying this thing combines the speed and range of the old Phoenix missile system then improves even further on that can stick a modern guidance package on that and then sticks a warhead from a jade am on it this is absurd and it gets even better they can stick this thing on an F-35 in its internal weapons Bay the F-35 can carry two of them internally I wonder what the F-22 could do four of the absurdly powerful weapons mounted carried in his weapons Bay

[@waterlife.1905]

"Better get mako" was a rust commercial. Lol.

[@philhines]

It looks tiny, about the same length as an Aim-9 or just over? Not a cruise missile then?

[@GM-fh5jp]

Badass looking weapon in gloss black. I suspect Lord Vader might have ordered a few had he been in a nearby Galaxy instead of far, far away.

[@AccordGTR]

Perfect name

[@Randomguy-wy4xi]

It should be noted that the speed of the missile (Mach 5) is quite realistic given the fact that beyond Mach 5 a plasma layer is formed around the missile which cuts off all access to outside telecommunications. In fact, this is the reason why Space Shuttle astronauts experienced a communications blackout during reentry. Look up the Starship IFT-3 reentry clips to see the plasma layer. Considering an anti ship missile must keep continuous track of its target at all times, one cannot afford a communications blackout. This is not the case for land attack missiles which can be guided via inertial navigation which does not depend on external communications.

[@miguellopez3392]

Space shuttle could actually communicate as the craft was big enough to form a void where signals could ho through, that is how the starship live streamed it's re entry.

[@davidhamer7820]

Estimated range? Warhead size? Type of Guidance? A little thin on info here.

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

With a hypersonic weapon I believe you can use a smaller warhead thanks to the added damage multiplier of the weapons kinetic energy. What is your opinion?

[@blanchbacker]

Why would they give that information out on a brand new weapon. Kind of expected.

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

Well, it’s got a pretty good range. Warhead size - it can’t be too big. Guidance? It follows instructions downloaded to its onboard computer. Also, it’s really, really fast.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

No warhead as kinetic energy of hypersonic vehicle is used. Guidance likely INS using laser in fiber loop. Communication and GPS is difficult until it slows down to stop ionization.

[@hrdknox2000]

The interviewer sounds like he asked if it was designed to take a schitz at sea! Hahaha 😆

[@yanivib]

I wonder what is the guidance system for hypersonic missile ? I assume no IIR due to the weapon speed and heat around it that will render IIR useless . So , gps ? Inertial navigation ? Radar ?

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Target track determined live by the missile's circumstances with live data fed by a network of sensors including all you mentioned and more.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Hypersonic is to reduce warning time only. Terminal phase maybe supersonic. It will use Inertial Navigation plus GPS if available. Homing will be regular active radar/iir(contrast) as it will be supersonic near target.

[@Randomguy-wy4xi]

That's why it won't go faster than Mach 5.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

@@Randomguy-wy4xi Hypersonic in troposphere will result in plasma and it is useless. It will need an air breathing ramjet for powered flight to overcome the enormous drag. No communication or radar because of plasma. Once near target it will drop its speed and homing/radar/communication can happen. Greatly reduces warning time because of low altitude line of sight issue and hypersonic velocity flight. However aeroballistic flight at the boundary of space is feasible as both hypersonic speed and communication is possible as there is no plasma, because low gas density. But it will be observable on radar because of its altitude of 50-100 km.

[@Randomguy-wy4xi]

@@agnelomascarenhas8990 Exactly. And that's why anti ship ballistic missiles must perform maneuvers in the terminal phase so as to reduce their speed to Mach 5 to eliminate the effects of plasma.

[@Terryray123]

Please tell me this is not an air launch precision strike missile

[@vincentnin1]

does it have to be shiny?

[@SlosII]

this feels like an ali g interview

[@coiminmcloughlin3748]

It can be considered in 13’s. 13 feet long, 13 inch diameter, 1300lb weight, 130lb warhead. Plus range will not allow for safe firing outside of possible detection range for an F35.

[@wxtfishy]

I know they said it is effective against a broad range of targets, but anti ship and anti ground would probably have the best effects.

[@joebutta7539]

The kinetic energy created combined w/ a penetrator is perfect for underground targets aswell

[@wxtfishy]

@@joebutta7539 yeah.

[@bradleyanderson4315]

I do wonder about the effective range? A F35C could carry these internally but it would be spotted as soon as it launched.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Is it a hypersonic cruise or aeroballistic missile. Unlikely to be hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) as that would be rocket launched.

[@dr.threatening8622]

Now imagine a B52 heavy laden with these.

[@AZREDFERN]

It's also VERY pointy. Pointy is scary! This will not bring a smile to the faces of the enemy. Perfect for sticking in the ground before, kaboom!

[@robertjovanovic4873]

This is the only video about this?

[@thehopelessmechanic6370]

The rocks keep getting bigger and faster yet we still keep throwing them

[@fishnbeer556]

Looks good. Where can I buy one?

[@CatsAgainstCommunism]

Cpt. Kermit reporting for duty, Commander. 🐸

[@wildeninja2836]

How to answer questions without actually answering questions…” classified “

[@00P288]

1.3km/s mmmmh! so deadly 🤔

[@eddieaguilera1677]

Cool

[@rosedruid]

Is this basically like the Kinsal from Russia in that it is a ballistic hypersonic missile instead of a missile capable of maneuvering while sustaining the hypersonic speed?

[@reaperbsc]

The US military defines a "hypersonic weapon" as one that hits the target at hypersonic speeds. We do not consider exo-atmospheric speeds. (The minuteman icbms went Mach 23 outside the atmosphere in the 60's or something.) IF we are calling it hypersonic, that means terminal velocity.

[@micheltremblay4774]

WOW ! They got one working, well done US

[@KeepingOnTheWatch]

😂

[@jconrad8585]

"working" Sure hahahah

[@Thetequilashooter1]

@@jconrad8585 Better than what Russia has done. Russia claims to have working hypersonic missiles, but none of them have shown to be maneuverable, which is a key attribute is required to fall under that categorization.

[@cali16m64]

Is this a air-to-air weapon or ground attack?

[@bradleyswaney6100]

Badass missile! ❤

[@12time12]

They didn’t say if it was a hypersonic cruise missile or HGV? The small size leads me to believe it is a cruise variant, HGV would require a larger booster IIRC. Hopefully we get some details on speeds of these eventually, the leaked info on AGM-163 had it close to Mach 18.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Mach 18 is insane

[@apolloaero]

It was competing in the SiAW bid and lost, so I'm guessing more like a shorter/medium range cruise missile. The SiAW bid that won is an AARGM-ER derivative, mach 4 and 300 km range iirc. This is hypersonic, so it will obviously be faster but will have a shorter range. Or perhaps similar range but a smaller warhead

[@NLozar22]

The scramjet inlet should be clearly visible, so it's probably HGV. On hypersonic cruise missiles, you just can't have inlets receded into the fuselage like you can on subsonic turbojet-powered cruise missiles. I would also argue that it would be easier to make a smaller rocket booster than a scramjet. Not to mention that even on a hypersonic cruise missiles you would need a solid fuel rocket booster to get it up to operating speed for the scramjet, but it appears Mako is a single stage missile. P.S. What's AGM-163? Did you mean AGM-183 ARRW?

[@fasteddie5388]

I read AGM-183A going over mach 20.

[@Skillot888]

So you’re telling me… this missile can fit on the submarine hunting plane called the P8 Poseidon?

[@goldreserve]

Moscow/Beijing will have no time to determine if the missile launch is accidental, conventional or nuclear first strike.

[@X-jn87ybt]

Stand aside kid you are Summoning the Veterans. 😂

[@DOI_ARTS]

I'd think about buying this missile when my F35 arrives later...

[@dannyb7371]

Didn't really say too much at all. What propulsion does it use? Warhead size? is it autonomous, or does it need to be guided etc etc.. Oh, it's small and fast, and we can build lots.

[@johnchurch7892]

Is the Mako AI Is the Mako immune from EM interference. Does the Mako have loitering capabilities. Can the Mako stay aloft for weeks on end. Long way to catch up yet Lockheed Martin.

[@GrooveTasticThang]

The one question needed was ‘does it manoeuvre at hypersonic speeds’-

[@mrpicky1868]

sorry is this 1:1 size ? Oo

[@christophergreen3538]

Like the name

[@DoctorOfProduct]

Finally catching up to the other folks, good job.

[@rustcohle349]

They're making real Hypersonic tho. Not glorified air launched ballistics like kinzhal.

[@Gunny713]

Texas here: I’ll take 2 please

[@RealAmunRa]

Missile go fast. Go boom. Big fire. Ungawa.

[@MrGrimx1]

Similar to the AGM-69A SRAM.

[@27hdyx6b3ym3w]

Sure it's capable. But man, this thing is GORGEOUS!! 😍😍

[@kevinc1200]

Sounds like a small Kinzhal? No scramjet, no maneuvering at hypersonic speed. Just an air launched ballistic missile?