Imagine having the ability to strike anywhere in the world within one hour. The X-51 is an amazing hypersonic cruise missile that travels 600 miles in just ten minutes (approximately 3600 MPH or Mach 5).
Compared with the Tomahawk Missile which travels at a mere 550 MPH, the X51 gives the US the ability to strike enemies quickly before they can evade. As U.S. Strategic Command’s deputy commander Lt. Gen. C. Robert Kehler puts it, the goal of the X51 is “to strike virtually anywhere on the face of the Earth within 60 minutes.”
The power of this weapon once it reaches its unfortunate target is amazing.
Traveling as fast as 13,000 mph, the warheads are filled with scored tungsten rods with twice the strength of steel. Just above the target, the warheads detonate, showering the area with thousands of rods-each one up to 12 times as destructive as a .50-caliber bullet. Anything within 3000 sq. ft. of this whirling, metallic storm is obliterated.
The X-51 Will be the most advanced cruise / long distance missile in the world when it is completed, although there have been protests that the X-51 could trigger a nuclear war. A test run of this weapon in 2008 could appear to be heading toward another nuclear power during portions of its flight pattern which could be provoking. More about this concept can be read at Popular Mechanics
46 Responses
Cool weapon ..!
Posted on May 8th, 2008 at 2:13 am
It’s amazing!!
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
This sounds like a emense inprovement to the existing Tomahawk cruise missile. What gives me chills and probally the enemy too is that fact that it can strike anywhere in under a hour. The fact that it can travel over 13000 miles per hour is crazy. Thats faster than mach 10. This could just be one of our most destructive missiles yet. Russia has no chance to defend against this or any other super power in the world
Posted on October 30th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
COOL……….// interesting\\
Posted on December 7th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Sorry Kanye,
The Russians & Indians have beat you to it!
‘BrahMos’ – mach 5.26
Posted on January 9th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Hello Me again,
Just noticed you mentioned mach 10, that’s the speed the warheads hit at, the actual missile will do mach 5.
Though I’m sure yours will be better as far as targeting and warheads are concerned, which for me being a Brit, is a good thing! (we might even be able to afford one, maybe even two!!)
Posted on January 9th, 2009 at 11:14 am
As Rob said, Indian Russian coaboration Brahmos will beat X-51 with Mac 5.26 in the new Brahmos II. So plan something more…
Posted on January 21st, 2009 at 6:13 am
man the U.S. can teat up Russia and India at the same time.
Posted on January 30th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I’m an indian. I do feel proud of brahmos 2, but the latest test has shown that brahmos 1 relies on gps to locate and hit its target, so in a face off, though travelling at mach 5.2. The indian missile would miss its target, while x-51 would be bang on. The eventuality of any long range cruise missile to surpass american made ones in deterence would be to rely on an independent Gps than an american one.
Posted on February 7th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Topol SS 27
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=4057
Posted on March 7th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Someone might want to point out the range of a brahmos cruise missile… about 180 miles the last I checked. Have fun hitting Pakistan with your makeshift warhead on a jet engine
Posted on March 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
well check out this link http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2009-04-06/521027news.html next version of brahmos will reach 8 mach. American economy is so down to dogs they need money to pay pension and benefits. They will need to stop all their defence expenditures. No wonder Mr Obama is running here and there asking for nuclear free world. It was USA who built that weapon it is only and only USA who used that weapon. I have nothing against USA, I love USA and its democracy and american dream of freedom. But what you have done in past is going to haunt you. All bragging and boasting by japan and USA together from last few days came out nothing, north korea enjoyed their ballistic testing. What more can I say, USA also losing its diplomacy credibility in world. Well folks if Obama really wants nuke free world he better start in his backyard because really no can is willing to trust USA expect your foreign territorial islands of brits and japanese.
Posted on April 6th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Hmm… 3600 mph cruising speed…anywhere in the world within 60 minutes… something doesn’t add up…
Posted on May 11th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
the article said 13,000 mph
Posted on June 8th, 2009 at 2:09 am
that is awesome
Posted on June 8th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Its amazing how all this conventional weapons would fail against China, Russia or any country who has scalar weapons. Scalar weapons will make any conventional, nuclear weapons obsolete. Before, you say that I don’t know what I’m talking about. I want you to google let me spell it Scalar weapons. It was invented by Russia and deployed since 1965. Unfortunately, Russia has sold the technology to whoever has the money. The only thing the United States have is the inferior HAARP. Both scalar and haarp does exactly the same thing. What it does is heats up the upper atmospher called the ionosphere. Let say the United States wants to attack Russia. All it does is heat up the ionesphere around Russia. If an object such as missiles, planes reaches that part of the atmosphere. It will fry any electronics on board a missile, planes or any object and it just fall back down to earth. This is the ultimate defense system. The Russian Scalar system has the capability to protect itself by having an invisible force field around it. However, the U.S. Haarp have to use a missile to protect itself from any harm. Its amazing all this wasteful spending on weapons system thats already obsolete. Here’s a great website to learn about any weapons system in existence. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net
Posted on July 7th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Only X-51 I have heard of is a Boeing plane (still in the development phase) that is projected to travel at Mach 7. I wonder why would they put 13000 mph here, and the data provided here itself is very confusing and self contradictory at times. Anyway, if this report, by any chance, is true, it won’t be just to compare it with BrahMos. BrahMos (lab test speed of Mach 5.6) has a range of merely 180 miles (co-developed by Russia and India, where Russia is MTCR signatory, so couldn’t help produce anything of longer range) and the missile talked about here is an ICBM, so certainly with BrahMos it is not a worthy comparison. Also, all Indians should keep in mind that BrahMos is one of the fastest missiles, not exactly the fastest one. I am an Indian.
Posted on August 18th, 2009 at 5:52 am
ya x-51 is a good missile but don,t compare brahmos2. it is also a hypersonic missile.
Posted on October 6th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
[...] X-51 Hypersonic Cruise Missile – Fastest Cruise Missile X-51 Hypersonic Cruise Missile – Fastest Cruise Missile Imagine having the ability to strike anywhere in the world within one hour. The X-51 is an amazing hypersonic cruise missile that travels 600 miles in just ten minutes (approximately 3600 MPH or Mach 5). Compared with the Tomahawk Missile which travels at a mere 550 MPH, the X51 gives the US the ability to strike enemies quickly before they can evade. As U.S. Strategic Command’s deputy commander Lt. Gen. C. Robert Kehler puts it, the goal of the X51 is “to strike virtually anywhere on the face of the Earth within 60 minutes.” The power of this weapon once it reaches its unfortunate target is amazing. Traveling as fast as 13,000 mph, the warheads are filled with scored tungsten rods with twice the strength of steel. Just above the target, the warheads detonate, showering the area with thousands of rods-each one up to 12 times as destructive as a .50-caliber bullet. Anything within 3000 sq. ft. of this whirling, metallic storm is obliterated. The X-51 Will be the most advanced cruise / long distance missile in the world when it is completed, although there have been protests that the X-51 could trigger a nuclear war. A test run of this weapon in 2008 could appear to be heading toward another nuclear power during portions of its flight pattern which could be provoking. More about this concept can be read at Popular Mechanics __________________ America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people. George W. Bush State of the Union Address, January 2004 [...]
Posted on October 21st, 2009 at 1:45 am
With the scalar weapons there is a drawback that would make them completely useless. One you could just send low altitude stealth attacks at high speed so that they don’t enter the ionosphere and they wouldn’t even know you are coming and second that means that you cant launch any attacks while the ionosphere is like that, so you are pretty much trapped without the power to counterattack. The chinese can have there Scalar missiles. You would just be trapping yourself for F22s and other US air crafts to come along and claim air supremacy
Posted on December 13th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Answering Bhushan as I understand it is planed on cruising at Mach 5-7 then during the final phase of the attack it accelerates to mach 10 for the final attack. This is because it would be impossible to maintain mach ten for more than a couple minutes.
Posted on December 13th, 2009 at 2:10 am
bramhamose two is mach three and i think that is fastest in the world
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 at 6:15 am
actually bramose one is mach three and brahmose two is mach 5
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 at 6:16 am
Hay Just every one stop this bull shit.. We are not here to fight. According to me power of every weapon is depend on how we use it. So no weapon is great or less. US has all the best and advance weapon in the world but they can bring piece in afgan,iraq,somalia even lost war on vietnam. so we can decide who is best with strength of weapon.
Posted on January 25th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
The United States has more advanced conventional weapons better than any country on the planet. Russia’s has the most advanced form of scalar weapon known to man. Russia, military wise, is the most powerful country on the planet. Russia’s can destroy the United States in an hour that’s why the U.S. and Israeli are reluctant to attack Iran because it’s protected by Russia. U.S. Haarp is inferior to Russia’s scalar weapons. The good example of how scalar weapons would look like is the beginning part of the movie The Book Of Eli. Imagine that happening to the whole country of the U.S. and Israeli all at one time. That’s why I said in an hour.
Posted on February 16th, 2010 at 5:10 am
that’z the stuff…….
Posted on February 16th, 2010 at 8:32 am
old news..
india and russia have leb tested new version of brahmsod at mach 5.6….america will again need 10 yrs to beat that!!!
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Since there is time for brahmos 2 to be completely operation i feel currently x 51 is the fastest compared to brahmos 1 n it all depends on who strikes 1st
Posted on March 25th, 2010 at 9:44 am
hi, well got a lot of info from this page… thanx guys … looks like u hav done Phd on how to make or stop war and for those of u with destructive mind u might as well plan the apocalypse – the third world war by pitting every country against each other… y dont u all simply share the knowledge of creating missiles rather than dog-fight on this page about whose country has got how much power and who is superior to whom… Just wish may God bless u with sanity … good bye then.
Posted on April 2nd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
this is amazing!!!! i didn’t knew that there is any thing that travels at 3600 miles /hr
Posted on April 26th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Amazing !!!
Posted on April 28th, 2010 at 9:52 am
hey all u r taking about the fastest missile ‘the X 51′ which is yet to b fully developed. Why dont check 4 somthing in full service ‘the ss27 topolov’ .
Posted on May 17th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
nyc sakyanan
Posted on June 4th, 2010 at 4:42 am
this was out of the world.any where in the world within 60 min.just out standing
Posted on June 5th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
heyyyy we making new TECK 80099 which is have more power 8000mps can u fight with us …..U CAN’T U.S.A
Posted on June 5th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
it can finish all the terroist and also osama
Posted on June 5th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Hey, we are Indians & we have lot of things to do rather than just putting attention to missiles & defence. We have enough fire power to deal with our enemys. We have Bramhos , Agni-I,II,III. We also have Akash air defence system , AWACS – early warning system & most important we are a nuclear state. We dont race with US because we take US as our important stratergic partner.We know US has got far more superior technologies & defence systems but it dosent mean that India cant make that. India feeels no need to race with US because it in no way takes US as a threat. We are strong enough to deal with countries like Pakistan, China which may produce any threat to Indian National security .And we have proved this in 3 wars with Pakistan b y beating them.
US citizens shall not forget that whole world is paying very high cost to modern TERRORISM by some extermist & who is responsible for the origin of this terrorism ?
US & policies undertaken by US gov. in the decade of 1980 in Afganistan to beat USSR.
USA is solely responsible for the worst conditions in Afganistan . So keeping this in mind US in no way should make show of their weapons . Every person dying in the terrorist attack across the world then whatever may be its nationality,religon , age is paying cost of his life for the mistake done by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
We Indians are proud atleast we are not KILLERS.
Posted on June 6th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
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Posted on June 16th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
It is very difficult to say which is better & which is infere in full scale war.We knew that during 1965 war between India & Pakistan Indian armament were much infere than that of American supplied armament to Pakistan but India has not only given deep wound but also taken an edge over Pakistan.Similarly during libration of Bangladesh the local warriors with help of Indian army has fougth bravely with much infere weapons than Pakistani Army.Similarly during Kargil war the handful soldiers of North front of Pakistan in a face of mujahidin given same wound to the mighty Indian army & taken an edge initially but ended with defeate & withdrawl from occupied areas.
Now at this time neither India nor Pakistan dare to attack any one because of WMD same will be applicable to Russia–USA & USA — China.
Posted on June 28th, 2010 at 9:51 am
It is very difficult to say which is better & which is infere in full scale war.We knew that during 1965 war between India & Pakistan Indian armament were much infere than that of American supplied armament to Pakistan but India has not only given deep wound but also taken an edge over Pakistan.Similarly during libration of Bangladesh the local warriors with help of Indian army has fougth bravely with much infere weapons than Pakistani Army.Similarly during Kargil war the handful soldiers of North front of Pakistan in a face of mujahidin given same wound to the mighty Indian army & taken an edge initially but ended with defeate & withdrawl from occupied areas.
Now at this time neither India nor Pakistan dare to attack any one because of WMD same will be applicable to Russia–USA & USA — China.
Posted on June 28th, 2010 at 9:51 am
But technology have vital role.Second world war ended only because of Atom Bomb otherwise it would have continued like Iran -Iraq war
Posted on June 28th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Now time has come think about the entire world rather than country.Citizen of all the Nation should pressurise their government to abider universal law.This will effectively come from developed nations.
Posted on June 28th, 2010 at 10:18 am
waiting for comments others comments.
Posted on June 28th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Brahmos dont have much range otherwise it’s far better then x 51.
Posted on July 23rd, 2010 at 7:26 am
Regarding the title X-51 Hypersonic Cruise Missile – Fastest Cruise Missile, it sort of took me aback for a minute but finally I get it. I have been thinking about the same sort of stuff at my blog http://sjamessmith.livejournal.com. I would honestly like your thoughts on what I talk about. Eleonore Delashmutt
Posted on August 7th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
INDIA ALL READY DEVELOPED HYPERSONIC NUCLEAR CRUISE MISSILE !
WHICH CAN REACH 6 MACH SPEED 1200 KG N PAYLOAD 750 KM TO 2200 KM RANGE ! ,WITH EXTREME MANEUVERABILITY AGAINST MODERN MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY !!
SO DON’T KNOW ABOUT REAL NEWS ABOUT AMERICAN X-51
Posted on August 31st, 2010 at 7:45 am
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