Posted on 05/31/2017 7:26:01 AM PDT by C19fan
Russia has launched five successful flights of a hypersonic jet that is capable of destroying an aircraft carrier with a single impact, according to a new report. The Zircon cruise missile travels between 3,800mph and 4,600mph - five to six times the speed of sound - and puts Russia 'half a decade' ahead of the US', the report says. This makes it faster than any anti-missile system, including those that are expected to appear in the next two decades.
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but it takes it 3,800 and 4,600 miles for it to get to 3,800mph and 4,600mph so it always runs out of fuel ,LOL
Well, we were going for a LOT more than Mach 8. And part of the X-30 was that it had to fly IN the atmosphere for a long, long time.
In 2004 the X-43A reached mach 9.6 at 110,000 ft, which is hardly in the lower atmosphere. I’ve never heard anyone give a maximum speed for an aircraft (or missile) at sea level, where it would need to be to take out an aircraft carrier.
Why are they announcing this now? What do they hope to gain by not keeping it secret until it actually exists?
What was the skin of the a/c? I would surmise titanium but would be quite interested in knowing if another alloy was used. Your work must have been fascinating.
The space shuttle did not use an ablative heat shield.
Perhaps you should seek medical attention for that cough.
Titanium aluminides and carbon-carbon composites.
I was at Gen Dynamics & a guy gave me a six inch leading edge Shuttle wing. It weighed a ton. Then he gave me an X-30 identical piece. Light as a feather & sustained MANY times more heat.
Well, many aspects of the program were classified.
It used carbon reinforced carbon on the leading edge of the wings and ceramic tiles.
Both of which could and did fail due to damage which was the point.
Sorry you didn’t see that.
Neither of which were ablative. Sorry you didn't see that.
Both of which could and did survive light to moderate damage on EVERY flight. Perhaps you didn't know that. The shielding only failed when completely broken through by impact.
And seriously: that persistent cough usually indicates a real medical problem.
Thanks. I’ve always been fascinated with the potential of laser weapons. Hopefully they can make it a safer world.
I didn’t say they were.
The point was damage and failure.
Thanks LS. We were balls out back in the day, lol. I designed the first generation large scale thermo-acoustic (hypersonic) test chamber back in the day. That was in ‘91. If they haven’t got it now, it’s not our fault.
You may be giving it more credit than it deserves. But you are definitely in the ball park.
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Most definitely. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out a ways down the road that the Norks missile problems stemmed from meeting them.
Boy, I sure am glad while the Russians are developing weapons we don’t have anything close to that we are spending all our time concerned how the Russians helped Trump beat Hillary!
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Seems possible.
Very tough and I suppose it can be applied by sputtering.
It seems to not necessarily be "fake news".
There is no ablation on the shuttle tile. Perhaps they stole the technology?
Zoom in and take a good look. What looks to be the exhaust nozzle where the wings come straight back from the fuselage reminds me of something that would be mounted on a booster rocket of some sort. Makes sense. Rocket launched to get it up to speed, then operated as a hypersonic drone. No need for refuelling
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