[biff]

Being a licensed pilot, I do not think it is possible to glide @ 8,000 MPH. You could drop a titanium spear from 100,000 ft. and it would still not reach hypersonic speeds.

The only possible conclusion to this statement, “hypersonic glide vehicle”, is translation malfunction.

[Pox]

Dropping a glide vehicle of any type would not achieve hypersonic speeds. I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, the tech they are describing is a Hypersonic glide vehicle that has been boosted to sub orbital height and then accelerated to hypersonic speed which will then “glide” to its target.

That is the way I understand the concept, and I will be the first to admit I may be %100 wrong about my belief in how the technology is supposed to work.