‘Hypersonic Eagle’: The F-15EX Eagle II Is Far More Than a 4th-Gen Fighter and Russia Won’t Like It

‘Hypersonic Eagle’: The F-15EX Eagle II Is Far More Than a 4th-Gen Fighter and Russia Won’t Like It

The U.S. Air Force Boeing F-15EX Eagle II will carry and fire air-launched hypersonic weapons. The F-15EX features the world’s fastest jet-computing processor — the Advanced Display Core Processor II — which performs 87 billion computing operations per second. The F-15EX has a top speed of Mach 2.5. All of that means trouble for Russia or China. The F-15EX Eagle II Looks Like One Tough Fighter U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard Turner, 40th Flight …