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supersonics

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Definition of supersonics

plural of supersonic

as in jets

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China holds a trump card in rare earths — critical minerals necessary for making many items, from smartphones to electric vehicles and fighter jets.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
In a series of Facebook posts, Romanian defense minister Radu-Dinel Miruţă said F-16 fighter jets destroyed a marine drone in the vicinity of the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea on Thursday.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of jets

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In addition to the main event, there will also be a prerace show and flyovers of military aircraft, which swooped and boomed over the city during the July Fourth celebrations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Similar experiments have already shown that photons can be transmitted from aircraft to ground stations, pointing toward mobile and satellite-based quantum networks.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of aircraft

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Children swim as ships are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026 off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
State officials say keeping the Coronado Bridge physically sound is crucial to the region and the nation because the bridge’s navigational channels are used by Navy aircraft carriers and cargo ships from the National City Marine Terminal.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026

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First developed during the Cold War to counter American strategic bombers, the Tu-160 remains the largest and heaviest combat aircraft ever built, the fastest operational bomber in the world, and one of the most heavily armed aircraft ever placed into service.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
Neither Diego Garcia nor Fairford, the key forward operating base for US strategic bombers in Europe, was used in last June’s one-time B-2 bomber strike on Iranian nuclear sites.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026

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