supersonic

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But his supersonic speed and sky-high try-scoring rate – the easiest currency for casual fans to understand - mean those requests will only increase.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Iran has lately sought to acquire Chinese supersonic antiship cruise missiles capable of threatening U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

I don’t want to go too deep into the plot, which involves a supersonic weapon, stolen software, assassins on motorcycles and a common ticking-clock device, but it’s closer to “Moonraker,” say, than “Slow Horses.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Her priority list also includes strengthening cooperation with London and Rome on a supersonic fighter jet project and accelerating defence spending so it reaches two percent of GDP as early as this year.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Modeling flight at transonic speeds was a particularly knotty problem, because of the subsonic and supersonic winds that passed over the plane or model simultaneously.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly