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Hypersonic Test Aircraft 'Lost'

Posted August 11, 2011 9:57 PM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

The US military lost contact with an unmanned hypersonic aircraft shortly after it was launched atop a rocket in California, defence officials say.

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08/12/2011 3:14 AM

I sympathise, I often loose my arrows.
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08/13/2011 10:26 AM

I do too Del, as I never can find my bullets down range after I fire my rifle....that I just find lots and lots of spent brass 5.56 mm cartridges laying on the ground afterwards that I gotta pickup or else earn the wrath of the Range Bosses!!! LMAO

I wonder if they'll ever recover this craft after it plopped into the Pacific?

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08/13/2011 3:46 PM

Probably nothing left at those velocities. The craft is designed to take a face dive into the Pacific in the case of loss of telemetry.

At mach 22 water has about as much give as grant.

I would expect that the intent is to leave nothing that could be used by any adversary if found.
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08/16/2011 7:43 AM

It might still be afloat, on top of the plastic trash island....

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08/12/2011 6:57 AM

Wait. It will soon appear on eBay.
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08/13/2011 1:00 PM

Don't the military brats have enough toys already? How about we cut the Black Budget in half and call it good. How many millions just hit the drink?

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08/13/2011 3:43 PM

Somewhere over 300 million if the press has the figures right.

That may be the total cost of the program and the space vehicle is probably a whole lot less than that, I suspect. Otherwise, that would be a ridiculous cost for a missile, even if it can strike at mach 22.

I guess at that velocity you don't need an actual warhead. ;-)
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