The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour.

Launched by rocket from Hawaii at 1130 GMT, the "Advanced Hypersonic Weapon," or AHW, glided through the upper atmosphere over the Pacific "at hypersonic speed" before hitting its target on the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands, a Pentagon statement said.

Kwajalein is about 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) southwest of Hawaii. The Pentagon did not say what top speeds were reached by the vehicle, which unlike a ballistic missile is maneuverable.

Scientists classify hypersonic speeds as those that exceed Mach 5 -- or five times the speed of sound -- 3,728 miles (6,000 kilometers) an hour.

The test aimed to gather data on "aerodynamics, navigation, guidance and control, and thermal protection technologies," said Lieutenant Colonel Melinda Morgan, a Pentagon spokeswoman.

The Pentagon has invested 239.9 million dollars in the Global Strike program this year, including 69 million for the flying bomb tested Thursday, CRS said.

why an expensive bomb that you just know we are going to use? Why?

you no longer have to risk a life to take a life

Spend that same amount of money to feed starving children in this country, and every teabagpublicanertarian will be screaming bloody murder

Except for the fact that Republicans give far more time and money to charitable organizations than do Demoncrats...and they donate more blood, too.

Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet when it comes to individual contributions to charitable causes, liberals are cheapskates.

All you have to do is use your brain and you too would call the claim bullshit rather than merely Googling it and regurgitating a couple links without word one.

The purveyors of such rubbish are contemptible. The conflating of political ideology and moral behavior is simply an ugly manifestation of a dirty trick playing political machine.

Unless I missed it, I'm not seeing where any analysis was done of dollars just given to secular organizations.

"Actually, the truth is that they're giving to more than their churches," he says. "The religious Americans are more likely to give to every kind of cause and charity, including explicitly non-religious charities."

Are you inferring that secular charity organizations are superior to Christian charity organizations?

Ar you inferring a criticism of Christians who give only to Christian charities? Three of my highly rated favorites: Matthew 25 Ministries, Medical Teams International, Compassion International.

As far as imhotep's "BS" BS...maybe he'd like to submit his own donation record as "proof". I'd stack my charitable giving up against his any day. I don't think anyone on this board would consider me a liberal...and for sure he is one. I mean...just look at his intelligent post responses. lol.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2682730&page=2#.TslDcz0SYkk

One demonstration that religion is a strong determinant of charitable behavior is that the least charitable cohort is a relatively small one -- secular conservatives.

I guess you missed this sentence "Not that giving to your church is a bad thing but I can see how that would skew the numbers." immediately preceding the one you quoted. So, no, I'm not in any way inferring either of those. Nice try.

Your response to Imhotep is crass, childish and unnecessary. You've already told us ad nauseum how perfect you are. How can we forget?

You've already told us ad nauseum how perfect you are. How can we forget?

Democrat congressman urges union members to spill blood.

Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and "get a little bloody,"
a Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.