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When comparing the jet and the rocket, the rocket is the winner. Let's jump around a bit and see. Fighter jets are pretty fast, but the air-to-air missles that they use to shoot each other down are faster. There are scramjets with engines that don't work below mach 1, so the things must be launched off the nose of a rocket. But these scramjets, though they reach speeds of 8,000 to 9,000 miles per hour, are unmanned. Then there are the missles that carry space folks into orbit. They must reach speeds in excess of 16,000 miles per hour. The rockets have the edge in speed.

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