2. Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 Cont’d 13,000mph
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The idea behind this technology is that it would technically give the United States the capability of producing a missile strike, anywhere in the world in under an hour. At the speeds this aircraft is capable of it could travel from Sydney to London, which is roughly 17,000km or just over 10,000 miles, in just 49 minutes. However, both test flights ended prematurely so they still got a little more work to do.