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Russia Will Build First Hypersonic Missile Before 2020 -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat
A senior official at a Russian defense company said the country will build its first hypersonic missile before 2020.
Russia will build its first hypersonic missile by 2020, according to local state media.
On Thursday Sputnik News Agency, RIA Novosti’s new international brand, cited a senior official at a state-owned Russian defense company as saying that Russia would build its first air-launched hypersonic missiles before 2020.
“In my estimation, the first hypersonic products should appear … in this decade — before 2020. We have approached this. We are talking about speeds of up to six to eight Mach. Achieving higher speeds is a long term perspective,” Sputnik quoted Boris Obnosov, general director of the Tactical Missile Systems Corporation, as saying on Thursday.
He made the remarks to journalists at the Zhuhai’s Air Show in China this week.
Also citing Obnosov, the report added that Russia’s “hypersonic missiles will be air-launched at first, using the carrier aircraft’s initial velocity to reach the speeds necessary to run a ramjet engine.”
Previously, Obnosov has said that Russia would test its first hypersonic missile by 2020.
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Update: Russia To Build First Air-Launched Hypersonic Missiles By 2020: Report -- IBTimes
My Comment: The Russians are behind the U.S. and China in developing this technology .... The US And China Are In A Race To Develop Next-Generation Hypersonic Missiles (Business insider) .... but the hypersonic arms race is clearly now on.
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Russia has an edge though. The MIG31 provides an inservice launch vehicle, which in theory, shortens the development time, as both the US and China's programs rely on a booster, to get up to engine starting speeds.
Russia may not be that far behind.
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You right James .... Russia never rights off another country's debt unless they want something .... and it is clear that they want the people who are the brains behind this company.
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