Hypersonic Flying Bomb tested

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  - weather.com

The Pentagon didn’t give specifics about the weapon’s range or speed. Called the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon, or AHW, it was launched from Hawaii and hit a target in Kwajalein Atoll, some 2,500 miles away in about a half hour.

Wow !! This story swept under the rugs ?

 

[Ezechiel]

The sucess of that flight means that Robert Bussard's proposal is next
Bussard Ramjets

.... very interesting !

Bussard proposed that to overcome this problem that the spacecraft should function like a terrestrial ramjet or scramjet. These are supersonic and hypersonic aircraft that scoop up air as they fly to help fuel the reaction that creates their thrust. Bussard knew that hydrogen is one of the most plentiful elements in the universe so since it is already one of the primary fuels used in spaceflight, why not just scoop up the hydrogen as needed? This is where the design of the Bussard ramjets differs from its terrestrial cousins. Rather than have a physical scoop, the Bussard ramjet would use immense magnetic fields to scoop up stray hydrogen ions. Then the field would be made into a sort of magnetic funnel getting tighter as it got closer to the actual craft. This field would compress the hydrogen until a thermonuclear fusion reaction occurs which would propel the craft through exhaust. This would allow for almost infinite acceleration.