The United States Air Force (USAF) has announced that construction has commenced on a new hypersonic vehicle.
This vehicle will be able to travel through the atmosphere at speeds of over Mach 5, while being able to carry sensor payloads and warheads. Hypersonic vehicles make use of rocket boosters and supersonic combustion ramjet (scramjet) motors to achieve speeds much greater than those of traditional air-breathing craft. The new craft announced by the…
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