The Hypersoar

What is a hypersoar? Does anyone know? This is probebly a dumb question but I want to know if it's real.

www.fas.org...

A HyperSoar hypersonic Global Range Recce/Strike Aircraft the size of a B-52 could take off from the US and deliver its payload to any point on the globe - from an altitude and at a speed that would challenge current defensive measures - and return to the US without the need for refueling or forward bases on foreign soil. Equipment and personnel could also be transported.

S-300/400 and its variants can handle this


[Edited on 23-11-2003 by SectorGaza]

No, it would be gone before they catch it.

Originally posted by jetsetter
No, it would be gone before they catch it.

the missile is way faster then this hypersoar more then mach 19 i think, gotta check it out

[Edited on 23-11-2003 by SectorGaza]

Originally posted by SectorGaza



the missile is way faster then this hypersoar more then mach 19 i think, gotta check it out

[Edited on 23-11-2003 by SectorGaza]

please find me a missile that can go faster then mach 19.

please find me anything that can go faster than mach 19 and not be torn apart in the atmosphere. note: im not talking about anything in space.

i dont know the exact speed of sound, but its around 700mph, give or take. 700*19=13300
so mach 19 would be (very very rouch estimate) around half the speed that the space shuttle orbits at.

Regarding an S-300/400 surface to air missile bringing down an operational Hypersoar....

The S-300 made by NPO Almaz / MKB Fakel (Russian) has a max speed of 4700 miles per hour and an operating ceiling of approximately 95,000 feet. The Hypersoar on the other hand theoretically would have a speed of approximately 6500 miles per hour and an operating height of 130,000 feet.

The only way the S-300 would bring down an operating Hypersoar would be to catch it ascending or descending to or from it's operating height and speed.

I know this thread is 19 years old, but the HyperSoar concept was acquired by DARPA, which merged the HyperSoar concept with the X-41 Common Aero Vehicle (CAV) concept for a hypersonic glide vehicle to create the FALCON (Force Application and Launch from Continental United States), which produced the HTV-2 technology demonstrator for a hypersonic glide weapon and spawned the proposed but unbuilt HTV-3X Blackswift unmanned hypersonic aircraft.

Links:
www.designation-systems.net...
www.secretprojects.co.uk...
web.archive.org...://newsline.llnl.gov/employee/articles/2001/10-05-12-hypersoar.html