An artist's rendering of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2. Credit: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. First launch in April 2010 of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 aboard a Minotaur IV from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Credit: Andrew Lee / U.S. Air Force.Aircraft Set To Reach 20 Times The Speed Of Sound In Test Flight -- L.A. Times
An experimental, arrowhead-shaped aircraft that could reach blistering speeds of 13,000 mph above the Pacific Ocean is set to blast off Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara.
The flight is slated to test new technology that would provide the Pentagon a lightning-fast vehicle, capable of delivering a military strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour.
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