US tests hypersonic flying missile

Daily Mail : On Friday the US Army tested its new hypersonic flying missile, which can strike any target anywhere in the world in just 30 minutes, writes Lee Moran for the Daily Mail. Launched from Hawaii, the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) hit its target in the Marshall Islands some 2500 miles away. The AHW is made of a carbon composite that can withstand temperatures up to 2000 °C, which it will experience in flight. Turbojets provide the thrust for cruising, and scramjets can propel it up to 13 000 mph, or Mach 22.The missile’s test flight coincides with the US Air Force’s announcement of its eight 15-ton Big Blu bombs, which are capable of smashing open underground concrete bunkers and tunnels. News of the super bombs and testing of the supersonic missile came the same week President Obama announced that the US would take a firm stand against nuclear proliferation activities by North Korea.