Photo: Zhang Haichao, Global Times
Zero Hedge: China Makes "Technological Breakthrough" In Hypersonic Scramjet Ground-Test
As tensions rise between China and the US, and the race for hypersonic weapons heats up, the Chinese Communist Party's daily tabloid newspaper Global Times is reporting "record-breaking progress" has been made in scramjet technology to power its hypersonic weapons.
Researchers at the Institute of Mechanics under the Chinese Academy of Science developed and tested new scramjet technology that resulted in a ground test that lasted 600 seconds (considered a "technological breakthrough"). Now, this far outpaced the world record of 210 seconds set by Boeing's X-51 Waverider using experimental scramjet technology to achieve hypersonic flight.
A scramjet (supersonic-combustion ramjet) is a ramjet engine in which the airflow through the engine remains supersonic. Global Times notes that developing such an engine that can operate for an extended period remains challenging because advanced heat resistant materials and cooling of the engine are needed for March 5 (>3,800 mph).
Beijing officially debuted its DF-17 hypersonic missile at the National Day military parade in October 2019.
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Report of Chinese scramjet test a challenge to most-advanced missile defence systems -- SCMP
1 comment:
Impossible to compare a ground test and a flying one.
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