* Hez missile command taken out?
* Israel backed by cyber-soldiers
* Hez fires off long-range weapons
* Congress pushes alt energy for defense
* Spam king gets whacked
* Brit spy cams = peeping toms
* Pak’s bomb factory
* NSA whistleblower subpoenaed
* Senate smushes conventional Tridents
* Return of supersonic jets?
* Bunker, busted
* “Can we ever fly faster than sound?” (1944)
* Watch those Gs, Steve!
* Dior, Gucci… Blackwater?!?!?
* NORAD leaving Cheyenne Mountain
(Big ups: EH, TPMM, WH, DS)
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Civilian supersonic jets will probably not
return. Noise from the sonic boom was one of the factor, but there are also other disadvantages, especially the amount of fuel it eats. Cost performance must be considered if you want to get it flying. Instead, I would guess blended wing plane (Boeing 797) will have more chance to become reality.
Dave, the Concorde was a financial success. People were paying the money. The reason it’s no longer in use is because one crashed. Safety became a concern. It held a perfect safety record, which was then destroyed when they lost one. The super-rich won’t spend the extra 10 grand to save two hours when there’s a danger of dying added in.