DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers

while(true) writes "As reported previously here on Slashdot, hypersonic jets from NASA has recently been in the news. Now DARPA is showing interest in the military applications and is to host a conference on hypersonic unmanned bombers. These bombers could be based in the US and yet strike from space at any place in the world within 2 hours. BBC has a report about these air/spacecraft that could be operational by 2025."

Comments

Re:An expensive solution to a non-existing problem

[stephenry]

I think what the US needs first and foremost is a grasp of international politics -If it wasn't for the fact that the rest of the world has an extreme distaste for their foreign polices, they wouldn't *need* any more weapons.

Steve

killing people

[cdn-programmer]

They could do something usful with the tax dollars they spend. At one time they actually supported OpenBSD. Of course - that funding was pulled.

Now they are out looking for better ways to kill people? I think DARPA should be shunned. JMHO.

So my question is: Do the DARPA ppl actually contribute anything positive at this time?

Shut the fck up

[Hao Wu]

You wouldn't have a computer to play on and entertain your bullshit notions about the world if not for the sacrifice we make in this country.

I'm an athiest, but God Bless America just the same for this.

Re:Umm, don't we already have that?

[Emugamer]

yeah but if we are dealing with a state that backpedals once we actually launch, we dont need to be dealing with them anyways. Its like you get ready to checkmate someone after they've set themselves up and they go "oh wait let me make another move" once you are fucked you are fucked.

let me guess.... your a republican.. around 18-25 years old and ... okay thats about as much as I can guess...

how close am I?

Re:An expensive solution to a non-existing problem

[SlashdotLemming]

Sorry sir, but you are a total fucking idiot.
It sickens me that my countrymen die so that you have the freedom to express your uninformed views about the world.
If it wasn't for US foreign policy, Europe would be one big Germany.
If it wasn't for US foreign policy, there would be no "South" Korea.

Shall I go on? Too bad, you aren't worth any more of my time.

Re:The truth about this program

[Archangel Michael]

Interesting view considering the very limited civilian casualty rate in Iraq, compared to the INDESCRIMINATE carnage on 9/11.

Re:Grandma wolf

[Anonymous Coward]

I wasn't making fun of it. So go fuck yourself.

Re:An expensive solution to a non-existing problem

[Anonymous Coward]

You dumb-fuck Eurotrash! If it weren't for US foreign policy and its policy of poking its nose into other peoples business, you guys would be speaking Russian now. We did what we had to do for the greater good - sometimes that involved lameass measures to prop up the Shah of Iran or Saddam against Iran (mainly because the population had no stomach for direct involvement after Vietnam).

The "majority of the worlds problems" would be a lot worse without the US fixing them for those people. But the ingrate fools are too stupid to realize this. Dumbfuck Europeans like you are too stupid to realize you would be German or Soviet slaves had it not been for the fact that the US had sacrificed its resources to save your sorry miserable asses.

Look at the countries that the US occupied: Germany, France, S Korea, Japan - all sterling examples of free, successful, powerful democracies whose people are a lot better off for the US occupation.

Now go look at the countries that any other nation occupied: The European colonies in Asia and Africa are the causes of the worlds problems. The asshole Europeans in their greed to suck as much out as they good left those nations in extreme poverty and with very serious social and economic issues. THAT is the real reason for the worlds problems.

Re:An expensive solution to a non-existing problem

[Alan Partridge]

"Of course, you're not gonna have many friends in the world."

America COULD have less... ...but only when Israel is destroyed.

One more thing

[SphynxSR]

to hate the US for. Let the hate begin again.

Re:shame on me

[Anonymous Coward]

A military solution maybe the last resort for Western-European countries but not for the USA. See Iraq - there was no real reason for the war except the oil.
The USA is currently in the development stage as Europe has been a few hundret years ago - they're getting grown-up and think they have to rule the world now, just like Bush's idol Hitler did. After the USA has broken all international conventions and has given up it's own democracy nobody knows what comes next. I only know it won't be good and has to be stopped by the civilised world.

Re:An expensive solution to a non-existing problem

[geekee]

"You do realize, of course, that the complaint that is typically raised by opponents of pre-emptive and unprovoked war is that US foreign policy has changed since those days. Changed in a dangerous, unstable way."

Yeah, everyones sheeding tears over saddams demise. And now the middle east is a much worse off. What world are you living in? Your problem is you believe every place that calls itself a country has an equal right to existance under its current govt. regardless of its record of violations of fundamental freedoms of its citizens.

Re:Is this a good thing?

[Samrobb]

With the leadership of this country seriously questionable, the developement of these bombers may further encourage irresponsible wars/police actions/whatever.

You're absolutely right. The US has spent decades and literally billions of dollars propping up the UN. It's far past time we got our money's worth from that investment!

If we the American people feel the need for questionable leadership and an irresponsible wars or two, we should just leave it to the UN. After all, when it comes to questionable leadership, overall irresponsbility and uselessness, everyone knows you can't beat the UN!

Re:Umm, don't we already have that?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, shitstain, 'alot' is NOT AN ENGLISH WORD.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=alot

Fuck you and your wrong information, you piece of rectal flap. "'alot' means "plenty" " indeed. Do you also write 'rediculous' and 'sherade' you inbred motherfucker?

Expensive bombers = legalising drugs?

[Threni]

Aren't you Americans going to have to let out your drug victims - that is, the people in prison - so they can earn the tax needed to buy all this stuff?

Re:An expensive solution to a non-existing problem

[DASHSL0T]

Resolution for what? Sadam still being the legal leader of his country?

I din't realize faked elections where you get 100% of the vote qualified as legal.

Did he have WMD? Nope.

He didn't? What did he drop on the Kurds and Iranians? What were those test on the Tigris water showing? Oh wait, you mean he had but *possibly* hid, destroyed or desposed of, I get it.

Was he a threat to our "allies"?
- To Kuwait, whose citizens now hate us? Not really.

They hate us? I guess you have not been there. Last I was there, they were quite grateful for expelling Saddam after he had raped their women and looted their country.

To Israel? HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, right.

Good argument. HAHAHAHAHA, I will have to try that sometime. I know, missiles landing in your backyard are not a threat.

To Saudi Arabia, homeland of most of the 9/11 terrorists? No.

Another well-substantiated argument. Why that sand is going to keep Saddam away the same way it worked for the Kuwaitis and Iranians.

Try watching something other than CNN once in awhile and form a rational, balanced opinion instead of the horsecrap you just tried to spew - which was of course moderated up in typical Slashdot herd liberalism mentality, regardless of its merits. It was about as insightful as a goatse post.

Re:Grandma wolf

[flacco]

And one wonders why so many people hate Americans.

BECAUSE WE'RE BIGGER, BADDER AND BETTER THAN ANY OTHER SECOND- OR THIRD-WORLD PISS-HOLE ON THIS PLANET, AND EVERYONE ELSE IS J-E-A-L-O-U-S!

USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!
USA!

Ouch, I think I just dislocated my shoulder pumping my fist into the air. If I had health insurance, I'd go to the doctor.

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And now, I shall soliloquy on the retardation that is the Slashodot Lameness Filter. To wit:

Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

Yeah, and sometimes it's like HUMOR, you stupid fucking machine.

Sick

[Anonymous Coward]

I felt sick when I read this story and comments by people endorsing development of such equipment.

Either:

1) Americans are to dumb to see they don't live in a free and equal society.

2) Dont give a fuck about anyone except themselves (including fellow Americans).

Fuck you Americans that believe everything your told in the evening news. Grow a brain.

Everytime I read stories like this, I think the people on Jerry Springer are becomming the majority of the people in America and not the minority.

Re:Grandma wolf

[GnarlyNome]

here's the WMD now huh?
I wish that we knew ,if we just went away and the WMD popped up again.??
How hard is it to hide somthing the size of a 5 gal bucket in an area the size of California?
Hillary Clinton lost the billing records for the Rose Law Firm on a table in the White House .
(at least thats her story)