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15 May 2008
Top Story: An aircraft capable of bombing any target on earth within two hours...
By Jacob LeMessurier
Standard passenger jets travel at around 900 km/h…. could you imagine flying ten times that fast? You may not have long to wait. NASA, Boeing and a number of defence organisations have been testing and flying hypersonic aircraft for quite...
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> Aurora - Secret Hypersonic Spyplane
> Concorde - The Greatest Plane Ever Built?
> Hypersoar - Space Hopping Hyperplane
Standard passenger jets travel at around 900 km/h…. could you imagine flying ten times that fast? You may not have long to wait. NASA, Boeing and a number of defence organisations have been testing and flying hypersonic aircraft for quite...
> Read this article
> Aurora - Secret Hypersonic Spyplane
> Concorde - The Greatest Plane Ever Built?
> Hypersoar - Space Hopping Hyperplane
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The Star-Splitter
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