After repeated setbacks, the US Air Force's hypersonic "air launched rapid reaction weapon" AGM-183A finally ushered in a rare success. According to the US Defense News website on the 13th, the US conducted the first test firing of its "fully operable prototype" of its "air launched rapid reaction weapon" and achieved success. Chinese military experts believe that AGM-183A is a "competition bomb" of the US Air Force in the field of hypersonic missiles to narrow the gap with Russia and other countries in terms of "advanced weapons". Due to the late development time, it has certain late starting advantages compared with the Russian "Dagger" missile. According to the report of Defense News entitled "The Air Force Launches Hypersonic Missile Prototype for the First Time", the 96th Test Wing of the US Air Force said in a statement on the 12th that the AGM-183A developed by Lockheed Martin had been successfully tested on the coast of Southern California on the 9th of this month. The missile was carried by the bomber of the 412th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. This hypersonic missile prototype was launched from the B-52H bomber, and then rapidly accelerated to more than five times the sound speed. The missile then completed the planned flight path and detonated, and preliminary results showed that all test targets had been achieved. According to the report, hypersonic weapons can fly at a speed greater than Mach 5 and maneuver in flight, which makes them more difficult to track and shoot down than conventional ballistic missiles, and can break through defense systems. Russia and other countries have invested a lot of money in developing their own hypersonic weapons. The US military is under pressure from the Congress and other countries to make more progress in its hypersonic weapons capabilities. According to the article, AGM-183A failed three consecutive tests in 2021. At that time, it mainly verified the booster of the bomb, but either failed to leave the launcher or failed to ignite. In March this year, the United States will severely criticize the plan and cut the procurement fund request of nearly $161 million from the budget of fiscal year 2022, because of the failure and delay of the test of the plan. The Defense News reported that the project test ushered in the dawn in May this year, when the U.S. military successfully tested the AGM-183A booster. Then another successful booster test was conducted in July, paving the way for a comprehensive test. This test is the first test of the full prototype of the bomb. According to an article on the US "Space" website on the 13th, the Air Force's new AGM-183A air launched rapid response weapon is expected to become the first hypersonic weapon of the US military to reach combat status. The exact speed of AGM-183A is not clear, but it is reported that this weapon designed by Lockheed Martin is based on the design of the test vehicle previously developed by the National Defense Advanced Research and Planning Agency, with a maximum speed of Mach 20, that is, about 24000 kilometers. According to the website "Space", according to the US Air Force, the missile aims to "put fixed, high-value, time sensitive targets in danger in an adversarial environment", which means that it will be used to target assets on the ground, such as fixed missile positions, radar stations, air defense facilities, infrastructure and even the opponent's headquarters, basically in the battlefield environment