At some point in the next few weeks, a B-52H bomber will carry a missile high into the air and launch it at an unprecedented velocity toward its target, according to the U.S. Air Force. If everything goes according to plan, that missile will accelerate to more than five times the speed of sound before deploying a dummy second stage that will promptly “disintegrate” somewhere in the atmosphere.
The missile, known as AGM-183A, is supposed to be the first hypersonic weapon — or Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) — in the U.S. arsenal. It should move so quickly through the atmosphere — about 20 times the speed of sound — at such low altitudes that it’s impossible for enemy missile defense systems to shoot out of the air. And its speed means that it can be useful for destroying “high-value, time-sensitive targets,” the Air Force said in a statement.
https://www.space.com/us-hypersonic-missile-test.html
Sky event?
Satisfying:
Even before coronavirus, closures and cuts to local newspapers meant that 1,800 communities that had a local news outlet in 2004 didn’t have one at the end of 2019, according to the University of North Carolina’s journalism school. Since the pandemic scores of journalists have been laid off across the country, while the Pew Research Center reported that newspaper ad revenue dropped by 42% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the previous year.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/15/carl-hiaasen-miami-herald-column-journalism
Wictor talks about black ops versions of this stuff. I think he said the big bhoom-bhoom in Beirut was something of this nature.
I don't think so, too limited an audience.