According to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Santa Claus is traveling at hypersonic speeds of Mach 7 this year. This was said by engineer Adam Gorsky of Ansys Government Initiatives, which processes NORAD data.
NORAD has been publishing unclassified data on air and space objects over North America since the 1960s. This allows air carriers to plan safer flights and space enthusiasts to monitor satellite health in real time. Command has also tracked Santa’s pre-Christmas flight since 1965. This tradition took root when, after an accidental phone prank, one of the American newspapers indicated the phone number of the missile defense headquarters instead of the store number, and he had to answer calls.
According to the engineer, the speed had to be increased, probably due to the increase in the world population, which reached 8 billion this year. Therefore, Santa Claus needs to fly at a speed of about 7 Mach to catch all the children. In the world. These data were obtained by analyzing the movement speed of the character’s sled marker on the map. “You need special technology to move that fast,” the engineer explains. “Or the magical reindeer. They run very fast.”
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