[ohitsdom]

NASA is working on quieter sonic booms.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/meet-nasas-new-x-plan...

[digi_owl]

I seem to recall that they did some testing with a fat nosed F-5 that showed such a configuration greatly reducing the shockwave.

[spitfire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_Sonic_Boom_Demonstratio...

Pretty cool looking actually. Though it does dull the "fighter-planes-fighter-plane" look of the F-5 a bit.

[iainmerrick]

I disagree, it looks much better! It's like something right out of Flash Gordon or Dan Dare.