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DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers

Posted by michael on from the department-of-offense dept.

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."

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  1. Coincidentally... by Flwyd · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Two hours was the striking distance for the roving bombers in Dr. Stragelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

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  2. shame on me by Knife_Edge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Much as I abhor the idea of war, I find myself fascinated by the instruments with which it is waged. I am ashamed of this.

    American society needs to get over this Cold War fascination with ever larger, more powerful, and more complex military technology. The military is not the solution to every problem, they are just a last resort when we have no real solution.

    We need to expend more effort developing technologies that will really improve our lives, no matter how gee-whiz hypersonic bombers, planetary annihilation lasers, and the like, may be.

    Even human cloning would be better than this. Honestly.

  3. Is this a good thing? by kramer2718 · · Score: 5, Interesting

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

    On the other hypersonic bombers sound really really cool.

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