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"History-making" test flight of scramjet-powered hypersonic missile

10-04-2021 • arclein

For the recent test, the HAWC prototype was mounted on the wing of an aircraft and flown into the air before it was released. A solid rocket booster automatically fired a few seconds later, speeding the missile to supersonic velocity. At that speed, a scramjet ignited. A scramjet is a jet engine without moving parts where the forward motion of the engine compresses the incoming air. This is similar to a ramjet except that a ramjet must slow the air to subsonic speed

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Reported By robert klein

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