For decades, the military has tried -- with little success -- to build missiles capable of travelling at breakneck, hypersonic speeds. Missile tests, however, have been uneven, with repeated failures punctuated by the occasional stunning success. Now the Air Force is taking a bigger role by seeking to build another hypersonic missile, this time for its stealth fighter jets.
The Air Force's desired "High Speed Strike Weapon" would travel at five times the speed of sound or faster, theoretically launching from a stealthy F-22 Raptor jet or a future F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and travelling so fast and at such long distances as to render an enemy's anti-aircraft systems defunct.
By: Robert Beckhusen, Edited by: Ian Steadman
Continue reading...Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-06/08/hypersonic-stealth-missiles
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