“At 373 mph (600 km/h), a maglev is essentially an air-piercing missile, floating just millimeters above its track. Unlike conventional trains, it suffers no wheel-to-rail friction, allowing unprecedented speed. But those speeds magnify aerodynamic effects to dangerous and disruptive levels. The new buffer could remove one of the last big engineering obstacles between prototype and commercial reality.”
Defense.gov News Photo 110426-A-7597S-183: U.S. Special Operations service members with Special Operations Task Force South board two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters following a clearing operation in Panjwa'i district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. Source: Wikimedia.
“At 373 mph (600 km/h), a maglev is essentially an air-piercing missile, floating just millimeters above its track. Unlike conventional trains, it suffers no wheel-to-rail friction, allowing unprecedented speed. But those speeds magnify aerodynamic effects to dangerous and disruptive levels. The new buffer could remove one of the last big engineering obstacles between prototype and commercial reality.”
https://www.impactlab.com/2025/08/11/chinas-maglev-silencer-could-rewrite-the-rules-of-ultra-fast-travel/