The Air Force’s X-51A Waverider. Photo: USAF
It’s Do or Die for Military’s Mach 5 Missile -- Danger Room
On Tuesday, an Air Force B-52 bomber is scheduled to take off from Edwards Air Force Base in California. Under its wing will be the closest thing in the world to a hypersonic missile. The plane will soar over the Pacific Ocean, ascend to 50,000 feet, and then let loose the 26-foot-long experimental missile. If all goes well for the military’s flight test, the missile will accelerate past Mach 5, rush more than 300 miles in less than five minutes, and usher in a new chapter in high-speed warfare. If it fails — and the last two tests of this X-51A Waverider have fallen short — then the Pentagon will have sent something on the order of $300 million to the bottom of the Pacific.
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