Is There A Need For Speed In Weaponry?
California Institute of Technology aerodynamicist Tsien Hsue-shen coined the term hypersonics in 1946 to broadly describe flight at speeds of Mach 5 and higher. With the growing belief in some defense circles that speed could be the new stealth for the 21st century, research in this regime continues...
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