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Timothy Gorman said the booster that failed was not part of the hypersonic program, and was not related to the common hypersonic glide body. The test took place at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/rocket-failure-delays-us-hypersonic-weapon-test-sources-2021-10-21\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters first reported<\/a> the test\u2019s failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A defense official told Defense News the rocket made it off the launch pad before failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gorman said program officials have launched a review to determine what caused the booster system to fail so they can improve future tests. He noted this missile booster is only used for testing purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExperiments and tests both successful and unsuccessful are the backbone of developing highly complex critical technologies at tremendous speed, as the department is doing with hypersonic technologies,\u201d Gorman said. \u201cDelivering hypersonic weapons remains a top priority and the department remains confident that it is on track to field offensive hypersonic capabilities beginning in the early 2020s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army and Navy also announced Thursday they had conducted a separate test of hypersonic technologies Wednesday at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hypersonic weapons, which are highly maneuverable and capable of flying at more than Mach 5, are one of the Pentagon\u2019s top priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, China 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