Ca++
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I have no idea, but notice the right weather can make planes look like they have a parachute. A round one, like the front of the plane, not a flat one, like the back. It seems a bulbous front with the rest of the plane trailing out to nothing, is a good approach. We don't have supersonic animals we can study, but the big front and trailing out to nothing approach, is very common. There are few cigars flying or swimming about. A shape that tries very little, to reduce drag/turbulence.The technology that allegedly permits flying at Mach 4 without shattering windows when breeching the sound barrier when close to the ground is more than a little curious.
Later I may look why we get a boom, but suspect that being slippy is the answer to avoiding such disturbance. Lots of the planes length, dedicated to smoothing things out. A military plane needs to be more compact, to be a smaller and more maneuverable target. The airliner is just a dart, with no need to make turns. It will actually be useless in a dog fight.