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Post by jeffolie on Nov 20, 2011 7:05:21 GMT -6
Hypersonic Weapon," or AHW: 1 hour flying time
Manned bombers may be dinosaurs, obsolete. Look out Iran and elsewhere.
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Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb
The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour.
Launched by rocket from Hawaii at 1130 GMT, the "Advanced Hypersonic Weapon," or AHW, glided through the upper atmosphere over the Pacific "at hypersonic speed" before hitting its target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands, a Pentagon statement said.
Kwajalein is about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) southwest of Hawaii. The Pentagon did not say what top speeds were reached by the vehicle, which unlike a ballistic missile is maneuverable.
Scientists classify hypersonic speeds as those that exceed Mach 5 -- or five times the speed of sound -- 3,728 miles [6,000 kilometers] an hour.
There's no hiding from The Empire now.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Nov 26, 2011 10:27:11 GMT -6
Lovely.
Just what we need. Another way to achieve world domination.
Now if we could just ship the technology to China and get them to build it for us.
Oh, the cost savings on labor!
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