Hypersonic Glider Lost over Pacific

Feuer Frei! · 08-12-11, 02:45 AM

DARPA lost contact with its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 during a test flight launched earlier today.The Falcon is an unmanned craft that uses a rocket booster to accelerate before gliding at hypersonic speeds of up to Mach 22 (or about 13,000 mph) through the Earth’s atmosphere. The goal of the project is to eventually enable the US military to strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour.
The Falcon launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and successfully separated from the booster and entered the mission’s glide phase when telemetry was lost.
DARPA released no further details.

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08-12-11, 02:45 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Hypersonic Glider Lost over Pacific DARPA lost contact with its unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 during a test flight launched earlier today.The Falcon is an unmanned craft that uses a rocket booster to accelerate before gliding at hypersonic speeds of up to Mach 22 (or about 13,000 mph) through the Earth’s atmosphere. The goal of the project is to eventually enable the US military to strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour. The Falcon launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and successfully separated from the booster and entered the mission’s glide phase when telemetry was lost. DARPA released no further details. SOURCE __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS