10:36pm UK, Monday April 23, 2012
Scientists behind the "world's fastest plane" have revealed it was ripped apart by speeds of around 13,000mph before it plunged into the Pacific Ocean.
Extensive analysis has been carried out since the test flight of the US military's $320m (£199m) unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle HTV-2 last August.
The Pentagon hopes the vehicle will eventually be developed to allow
it to carry bombs to strike targets anywhere across the globe within an
hour.
And in releasing the results of its analysis, the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) indicated the test was not the failure it was initially thought to be.
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