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HYPERSONIC GLIDE VEHICLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Air Space Control
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

A hypersonic glide vehicle is boosted aloft on a rocket to heights of between 40 km to 100 km above the earth before detaching to glide along the upper atmosphere towards its target. It is released at a height and speed that would allow it to glide unpowered to the target.

OBS

hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) ... are capable of traveling at [Mach 5] or above — roughly 3,800 miles per hour or 340 miles every six minutes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Contrôle de l'espace aérien
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)
CONT

[Les planeurs hypersoniques sont des] véhicules non propulsés, manœuvrants, pouvant atteindre des vitesses supérieures à Mach 5 (près de 6 000 km/h). Pour atteindre ces vitesses, le planeur doit recevoir une impulsion assurée par un missile ou une fusée [...] Le planeur hypersonique a l'avantage de pouvoir manœuvrer à des vitesses très élevées et de pouvoir donc échapper aux systèmes de défense aérienne.

Spanish

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