NEW AMERICAN WEAPONS

The DARPA Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV) -2 (foxnews.com)
The U.S. military successfully tested a prototype hypersonic secret weapon. The prototype weapon was successful hypersonic air over the Pacific Ocean, Thursday, November 17, 2011.
Success is getting increasing U.S. military capabilities. They will be able to attack the target or enemy, wherever located. On the whole surface of the earth. Hypersonic speeds is defined equal to five times the speed of sound or 3805 miles per hour or the equivalent of 6124 miles per hour.
Like any other concept of hypersonic weapons, America's secret weapon is flying horizontally in the atmosphere. Unlike ballistic missiles with weapons that explode upwards and finally slid down. This success is the result of the lessons of two hypersonic flight test conducted by researchers Pentagon, or called by DARPA, in April 2010 and August 2011 the last
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This enhanced hypersonic weapons launched from the ship with a three-stage booster system from the Pacific missile facility in Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands at 06.30 am local time. The prototype was eventually dropped in the Reagan practice that is located in the area of ​​Kwajalein Atoll.
During the trial, Pentagon officials continue to monitor this secret weapon. Whether by air, sea, to land. They want to collect complete data about aerodynamics, navigation, guide, control, and thermal technology that is used to avoid the intense heat during hypersonic flight.
This success provides its own excitement at DARPA. Because, when testing the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) before, they have failed twice. At trial in August, HTV-2 reaches speeds of Mach 20, or 295.069 meters per second.
The Air Force has also conducted its own trials with a X-51A Waverider on June 13, 2011. The trial is an experimental program of scramjet engines. During the experiment, the X-51A Waverider reach speeds up to Mach 5 or the equivalent of 320.543 meters per second before it finally fails to switch to a primary fuel source.

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