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1/72 Silbervogel Antipodal-Bomber
The Silbervogel, also known as the "Amerika Bomber" or "Antipodal-Bomber," was an aircraft design developed during World War II by Engineer Eugen Sänger and Professor Irene Bredt in Germany. The name "Silbervogel" in German means "silver bird."
It was a hypersonic jet space plane designed to carry bombs over long distances, particularly to strike the United States from German territory. Its goal was to reach hypersonic speeds (over Mach 5) and glide through the atmosphere at very high altitudes before releasing the bombs on targets located far away.
The design of the Silbervogel was extremely ambitious and, for the time, very technologically advanced. It had a tapered shape with very thin wings to reduce air resistance and improve hypersonic performance. The plane was to be launched by a liquid-propellant rocket that would accelerate the Silbervogel to high speed and altitude, after which it would switch to high-speed gliding flight.
However, the Silbervogel project was never fully realized. During World War II, German resources were limited, and the complex design of the Silbervogel required technologies and resources that were difficult to obtain at that time. In addition, the negative course of the war for Germany further reduced the chances of realizing the project.
In the end, the Silbervogel remained only a project on paper and was never built or employed in action. After the war, hypersonic aircraft designs and research were explored by other nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, which continued the development of hypersonic-powered spaceplanes and missiles.