On the heels of the top-secret X37-B launch, the U.S. Air Force launched an even more secret experimental hypersonic glider able to travel more than 4,000 miles in 30 minutes from launch. The craft — dubbed the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 — was launched via a Minotaur 4-Lite rocket Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Air Force announced. Conspiracy theorists have long reported on a secret project known as “Aurora” — a hypersonic spy plane capable of speeds up to Mach 6 (3,700 mph). The Falcon seems to be the culmination of that project, but it’s capable of much, much more, according to a fact sheet from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Read more on foxnews.com-Aurora project
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