This equates to an unprecedented 17.6:1 deep-throttling capability, which means this cryogenic engine can quickly throttle up and down.

At the low end, a ping flood can be used to uncover information covertly, but throttle up the packets being sent to a target or victim so that now, the system will go offline or suffer slowdowns.

Now that Boeing has delivered the first of its long-haul 787 Dreamliners, following problems with suppliers, it is promising to throttle up the programme and turn out ten a month by the end of 2013.