SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025
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Widely reported as the fastest plane ever developed, Lockheed Martin's SR-72 "Son of Blackbird" will test the claim sometime in 2025.

SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i…::undefined

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    10 months ago

    Surely that’s not what’s impressive about it? We can already do that right?

        • jdf038@mander.xyzEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          I experienced this in Taiwan to less of a degree so thanks for making me never want to go to Nepal because that gives me anxiety just imagining it 😆

      • jettrscga@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        10 months ago

        I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

        The speed of sound is 343 m/s, 767 mph. This description is Mach 5, 5x the sound barrier.

        An F-22 can go 1500 mph.

        Apparently the first airplane to break the sound barrier was Bell X-1 in 1947.

        • SwampYankee@mander.xyzEnglish
          7·
          10 months ago

          I think the intention is to highlight it as a milestone in the development of this aircraft. If you read the article, sounds like it hasn’t even been on a test flight yet.