"“It’s Not a Missile—It’s an Engine”: China Reveals 12,400 MPH Propulsion Tech That Can Orbit the Planet in Under 2 Hours" (Rude Baguette,
The new Chinese engine innovation allows it to fly at a speed of Mach 16. That kind of dual-mode ramjet allows the aircraft to fly at enormous speeds. This kind of technology also advances in both civil and military aviation. The engine model itself is not Chinese. But Chinese made it effective.
The hypersonic aircraft can revolutionize cargo and passenger flight. The aircraft can travel around the world in about 2 hours. This thing makes hypersonic aircraft very capable for reconnaissance missions. These kinds of systems are effective and powerful tools for those missions.
And that means every city and point on Earth is under a maximum 2h flight time. This is one of the biggest things about the complicated hypersonic aircraft. The hypersonic missiles are less complicated than hypersonic aircraft that must withstand temperature changes and the stress of the pressure. The hypersonic aircraft can raise rockets to orbital trajectory.
They can climb to the ballistic jump outside the atmosphere. And then those things can release the satellite carrier rocket. The problem is that those systems are suitable for anti-satellite missions. And that makes hypersonic aircraft more revolutionary than anybody thought. The hypersonic aircraft can also carry hypersonic missiles and hypersonic gliders that they can use for attacking targets all around the world. The hypersonic aircraft can destroy other aircraft by using its sonic cone. The same way hypersonic aircraft’s sonic cones can be used to knock down conventional subsonic cruise missiles.
“In 2023, General Electric demonstrated a ramjet with rotating detonation combustion. It is a turbine-based combined-cycle engine that incorporates a gas turbine, rotating detonation engine, ramjet, and scramjet.” (Wikipedia, Ramjet)
The key element in the Chinese new innovation is the dual-mode detonation. Or in other words, rotation detonation engine, RDE. That kind of engine system can make it possible to increase the speed and capacity of the Ramjet engine. Normal ramjets have their speed limit about Mach 7. The RDE can raise the speed of the aircraft higher than ever. The hypersonic aircraft must fly at a very high altitude, because that decreases friction.
The hypersonic aircraft that can operate both air-breathing and internal oxygen can be the new tool for space systems. The ability to fly at high altitude. Change to the rocket engine, and jump out from atmosphere, allows the creation of a space plane that can travel even to the moon. The space plane can be the holy grail to space engineering and space stations. And other things, like nuclear rockets. Those space planes can be even more revolutionary than hypersonic aircraft. The hypersonic plane can act as the model for those more capable systems.
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