: a usually high speed expressed by a Mach number
an airplane flying at Mach 2
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David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Photo : Dassault Dassault Falcon 6X, $49.5 million Dassault’s new ultra-wide body Falcon 6X has a range of 5,500-nautical miles with a max cruising speed of Mach 0.90.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
The Pentagon said on Thursday that a common hypersonic All Up Round (AUR) missile, which can fly at Mach 17—equal to 12,940 miles per hour or 17 times the speed of sound, was fired from a U.S. Army's launcher at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The missile launch struck a military command center in Ukraine, Putin claimed, saying the missile could reach speeds of Mach 10, or more than 7,000 mph.
IRBMs can reach targets up to 3,500 miles away.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ukrainian officials said the missile that struck Dnipro reached Mach 11.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
Photo : Dassault Dassault Falcon 6X, $49.5 million Dassault’s new ultra-wide body Falcon 6X has a range of 5,500-nautical miles with a max cruising speed of Mach 0.90.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
The Pentagon said on Thursday that a common hypersonic All Up Round (AUR) missile, which can fly at Mach 17—equal to 12,940 miles per hour or 17 times the speed of sound, was fired from a U.S. Army's launcher at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The missile launch struck a military command center in Ukraine, Putin claimed, saying the missile could reach speeds of Mach 10, or more than 7,000 mph.
IRBMs can reach targets up to 3,500 miles away.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Mach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mach. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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Mach
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: a usually high speed expressed by a Mach number
an airplane flying at Mach 2
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