US CENTCOM asks for long-delayed hypersonic missile to be deployed for possible use against Iran -- report

The US CENTCOM has requested that the long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile be sent to the Middle East for potential use against Iran, marking the first time Washington would deploy the technology, the Bloomberg news outlet reports.

The request by US CENTCOM was made after Iran shifted its missile launchers out of range of the US Army’s Precision Strike Missile, the current technology it has deployed, a person with direct knowledge of the request tells Bloomberg, who adds the request to the military is still pending.

US CENTCOM declines to comment on the report.

China and Russia have already deployed their hypersonic missiles, with the latter using the technology in the war in Ukraine.