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The Pentagon’s new technology could bring missiles or airplanes to the other side of the planet in minutes instead of hours. On Tuesday, August 14, the Pentagon tested an unmanned 25-foot-long vehicle that will try to fly at over 4,500 mph, fast enough to get to London from New York in less than an hour. It is part of testing possibilities of hypersonic flight, or speeds of Mach 5 (or about 3,400 mph) and above without leaving the atmosphere. If successful, the military could use the technology for reconnaissance aircraft, cruise missile-like weapons or vehicles that could transport people or cargo so quickly that enemies would have little time to react, military analysts said. The technology is significant to the Pentagon as other countries have advanced in thwarting stealth technologies that the US military has developed.
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