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Some context re. reported speed of #NorthKorean #missile:
All #ballistic #missiles are #hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) at some point in their flight. N.Germany’s V-2, deployed Sept. 1944, was hypersonic during its boost phase. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (#ICBMs)… 1/n
All #ballistic #missiles are #hypersonic (faster than Mach 5) at some point in their flight. N.Germany’s V-2, deployed Sept. 1944, was hypersonic during its boost phase. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (#ICBMs)… 1/n
…, first deployed by the US in 1959, are high-hypersonic (Mach 25) throughout their entire flight. Subsequent decades have witnessed the emergence of “#hypersonic” #missile systems that can maneuver instead of following a fixed parabolic trajectory, including #ASBMs, #HGVs… 2/n
…and air-breathing supersonic combustion ramjets (#scramjets). The US investigated maneuvering re-entry vehicles in the late 1970s, the #SovietUnion #HGVs in the mid-1980s; both failed. In 1981, the US fielded the #PershingII medium-range #ballistic #missile (#MRBM), whose… 3/n
1Hoy les voy a hablar de un aparato de alas muy cortas, pero la narración empieza con uno de alas muuuuuy largas…
La pequeña historia F-104 #Starfighters de #Pakistan durante el conflicto con #India en 1965
La pequeña historia F-104 #Starfighters de #Pakistan durante el conflicto con #India en 1965
2Nos remontamos al 27 de abril de 1960. Dos transportes de la #USAF, un #Douglas C-124 y un #Lockheed C-130 despegan desde Incirlik en Turquía, volando hasta la Base Aérea de Badaber-Peshawar, en Pakistán. A bordo llevan combustible, repuestos y personal de mantenimiento para una 
3misión especial, además viajan 2 pilotos de la #CIA, Francis Gary Powers y como reserva Bob Ericson. Al día siguiente, un Lockheed U-2C realiza el mismo trayecto, pilotado por Glen Dunaway
El 29 de abril se informa que la misión se ha retrasado un día, por tanto, Ericson vuela
El 29 de abril se informa que la misión se ha retrasado un día, por tanto, Ericson vuela
