Chinese super-fast submarine that would ‘fly’ in an ‘air bubble

[Saint in Paradise]

"Researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China tell the South China Morning Post that they're

hard at work on a submarine that the newspaper claims could travel the 6100 miles (9820 kilometres) from "Shanghai

to San Francisco in 100 minutes."

 

http://www.smh.com.au/world/chinese-reportedly-working-on-superfast-submarine-that-would-8216fly8217-in-an-8216air-bubble8217-20140827-108tfw.html

 

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[Snozzler]

Is there even a plane around that can fly that far that quickly? Pie in the sky stuff.

[KingdomCome]

over 3.5 thousand mph?

Some way off that I would say.

[Saint in Paradise]

The Army’s Advanced Hypersonic Weapon program had a successful test launch out of Hawaii in November 2011,

covering 2,500 miles in about 30 minutes. The plan calls for the weapon to move at speeds of 3,600 mph.

 

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140825/DEFREG02/308250004/US-Army-s-Hypersonic-Missile-Fails-During-Test

[Tokyo-Saint]

As a man who has harpooned a few Whales in his time, take it from me, you wouldn't want to hit one at that speed.