He said the hypersonicspeed of the new missiles would either augment or replace stealth - or radar-evading - characteristics on future weapons systems.
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The Navy and Army jointly executed the launch which "flew at hypersonicspeed to a designated impact point," the Pentagon said in the statement.
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This motion then speeds up the missile to hypersonicspeeds.
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Hypersonicspeed describes velocities upward of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
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The missile's scramjet engine was supposed to power the missile at hypersonicspeeds for 300 seconds.
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Navy pilots reported seeing flying objects that had no visible engine or exhaust plumes but could read hypersonicspeeds.
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Hypersonicspeed generates tremendous heat.
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Hypersonicspeeds lie above that.
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The idea behind the Electromagnetic Railgun is to fire a bullet at hypersonicspeeds using dozens of megajoules of electricity.
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Across several interviews, pilots described objects moving at hypersonicspeeds and performing acts "beyond the physical limits of a human crew".
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This higher burn rate creates more thrust, which is how these engines will (theoretically, one day) push aircraft into hypersonicspeeds.
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Traveling at 50,000 feet, the B-52 was to launch the missile, which would then scream across the Pacific at hypersonicspeeds.