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by andrewflnr 2779 days ago
I do remember reading about an airframe designed to produce two sonic booms that cancelled each other out.
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NASA is actually working on this, if I remember correctly. They want it to be a "low boom," apparently it's still a work in progress.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/6/nasa-quiet-s...

Yea, looks like it's possible to some extent.

https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/270969/is-it- possible-to-noise-cancel-a-sonic-boom