Faster than a speeding bullet?--you bet

"Aircraft set to reach 20 times the speed of sound in test flight"byW.J. HenniganAugust 9th, 2011Los Angeles TimesAn experimental, arrowhead-shaped aircraft that could reach blistering speeds of 13,000 mph above the Pacific Ocean is set to blast off Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, northwest of Santa Barbara.The flight is slated to test new technology that would provide the Pentagon a