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Re:Dude, where's my supersonic jet? by mrguyorama on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:44PM (#46529612)
Which is nonsense. Not only will rockets never have airplane reliability and safety for basic physics reasons, but that rocket profile looks exactly like an ICBM and nobody wants to let that confusion happen.
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Re:Dude, where's my supersonic jet? by dotancohen on Thursday January 08, 2026 @02:35AM (#46538331)
Airplane flight trajectories look exactly like a V1 missile, and even modern tomahawks could be made to fly such a profile. Or it could be a subsonic B-1B instead of a Boeing 747. Solutions to IFF have decades of development.
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