'Hypersonic' aircraft put to the test

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Unmanned WaveRider is to undergo another test flight above the Pacific Ocean aiming to reach speeds of up to Mach 6.

The US Air Force planned a key test of an experimental aircraft designed to fly at six times the speed of sound, or about 6,500kph.

The unmanned X-51A WaveRider, the military’s latest attempt at hypersonic flight, was expected to reach Mach 6 after it is dropped by a B-52 bomber and takes flight off the Southern California coast.

Engineers hoped the X-51A would sustain its top speed for five minutes, twice as long as it has gone before.

The X-51A WaveRider could become the basis for much faster commercial flights and a new tool for military use.

Al Jazeera's Mark Orchard reports.

'Hypersonic' aircraft put to the test - Americas - Al Jazeera English


America fukk YEAH!

video in link

 

[Ghost of $oCal]

The X-51A WaveRider could become the basis for much faster commercial flights and a new tool for military use.

im going with the latter and not so much the former here. LOL @ anyone thinking their cross country flight time's gonna get chopped in half anytime soon, unless their destination is somewhere in the middle east and they're carrying a nice payload.

 

[Duvali]

im going with the latter and not so much the former here. LOL @ anyone thinking their cross country flight time's gonna get chopped in half anytime soon, unless their destination is somewhere in the middle east and they're carrying a nice payload.

new technology always gets me excited but i know its first function is always death.

 

[Serious]

Damn, I just reading about another military related article too.

Military aircraft will soon be quieter

 

[Brown_Pride]

um we do spend more money on shyt like this then the entire world combined, is anyone really surprised that we come up with things like this? What's scary is this is what they WANT to show you, makes you wonder what they DON'T want to show you.

 

[OneManGang]

Haha this shyt is purely for military purposes. No way any commercial uses for this exist. Straight cruise missile or ballistic missile applications.

 

[Serious]

um we do spend more money on shyt like this then the entire world combined, is anyone really surprised that we come up with things like this? What's scary is this is what they WANT to show you, makes you wonder what they DON'T want to show you.

Man you'd be surprised at some of the sh*t scientist are working on.....