0 to 13,000....zoom-zoom

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,500
edited August 2011 in The Clubhouse
Pretty cool stuff.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/09/aircraft-set-to-shatter-speed-sound/
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  • elmobo
    elmobo Posts: 19
    edited August 2011
    A pretty cool stuff..really.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited August 2011
    Cool stuff for sure. Forgive me however for sayin' that I question the logic of telling potential enemies of our planed weapons systems prior to them finding out for themselves when the bombs are still in the air when our pilots are already on the ground high-fivin' and tossing back a brew.:biggrin::wink:


    I know that scenario can't happen, but it sounded cool.:tongue:
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited August 2011
    I want one....out to wine country and back before the wife gets home from work.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited August 2011
    <iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kvoUJkUhoHs&quot; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited August 2011
    "The goal of the project is to eventually enable the U.S. military to strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour"

    Maybe we will finally be able to "walk softly", because we will definitely be carrying the "big stick".
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited August 2011
    If that is the intended goal, I have to question it because with the amount of military bases we have around the world, you would think we are not far off of that target anyway. At least targets that matter, being an hour away of the center of Siberia for example means diddly squat.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited August 2011
    It would be soooo cool if they could use this for delivering pizza's
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    If that is the intended goal, I have to question it because with the amount of military bases we have around the world, you would think we are not far off of that target anyway. At least targets that matter, being an hour away of the center of Siberia for example means diddly squat.

    Not to mention the nature of warfare has changed drastically in the past half-century. Heck, nowadays, it looks a lot more like the Colonists vs. the Red Coats in the 1780s than it does Star Wars. But the "military-industrial complex" (the term was, almost ironically, coined by Eisenhower) will continue to perpetuate itself.

    Not that any of the above makes a hypersonic vehicle any less cool, though...
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited August 2011
    They've lost contact with it, not sure if it's a sound barrier thing or the laser radar just can't keep up, I hope all is well :frown:
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/11/scitech/main20091239.shtml

    I'm sure that DARPA wouldn't intentionally obfuscate the outcome of a successful test by fibbing that they'd "lost contact" with their new baby (twice in two tests), now, would they?
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/11/scitech/main20091239.shtml

    I'm sure that DARPA wouldn't intentionally obfuscate the outcome of a successful test by fibbing that they'd "lost contact" with their new baby (twice in two tests), now, would they?

    Dunno, CNN is still reporting it. They have to report it before someone else does.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,411
    edited August 2011
    it would take less than 12 minutes to fly from New York to Los Angeles

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    hoosier21 wrote: »
    it would take less than 12 minutes to fly from New York to Los Angeles

    wow

    Still take 45 minutes to get one's baggage from the carousel, though.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Still take 45 minutes to get one's baggage from the carousel, though.

    :biggrin: There's one in every crowd :tongue:
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,714
    edited August 2011
    "0 to 13,000" ..... sounds fast but is that on street tires or special racing slicks ?
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2011
    I think it's interesting, that the AF is working on this, at the same time the USN is working on Rail-gun technology.
    They may be looking at replacing the TLAM(N) with this tye of set-up.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited August 2011
    The on-books funding for the rail gun was killed under the outgoing SecDef and the current administration's defense budget.
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  • praedet
    praedet Posts: 314
    edited August 2011
    The idea on these is that we will be pulling back from various bases around the world. With some of these constantly in orbit, or the ability to put them there quickly, we can hit a high value target VERY quickly, with no possible loss of life on our end, and with virtually no way to stop the pain at this point...
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