Science fiction becoming reality!
A manned/unmanned plane that can reach anywhere on earth within an hour.
A turbojet engine will help the plane take off and reach Mach 3 speeds. Then the ramjet takes over and allows the plane to achieve close to mach6 speeds (low hypersonic) for a few minutes.
But with the help of the DMRJ (Dual Mode Ram Jet) the flow of air thorugh the combustion chamber becomes supersonic and the scramjet kicks in. Theoretically this could give up to 14500 miles per hour speed (18 Mach) to the plane.
Chinese are so worried of this tech becoming real that they have allocated a satellite to follow the development of this plane.
If and when this becomes operational the air warfare will become a totally different ball game. Slowly and gradually but definitely we are advancing towards space wars.
This also makes it so much more important the work being carried out by Tubitak Sage, on Ramjet and Scramjet technologies.
There are some more details about the Lockheed Mach 6 hypersonic plane.
www.nextbigfuture.com
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