So, is the COMBINED thrust upon exceeding mach 2-x ... 400,000 - 500,000 ...?
Per 749CONNIE remark (unchallenged) above..? It'd seem more plausible
...(based on all the "common sense" I LACK regarding the behavior of 150,000 pound vehicles going fast enough to have 45,000 lbs of friction (in the mach 2.6+ range) making the inertial frame of reference about 195,000 pounds ... which needs to still accelerate another 250mph to reach mach 3.0 (cruising speed) as they accelerated to mach 3.2 (quite easily apparently) as the default reaction to missile launch-alerts .... WITHOUT any other changes to their trajectory).
This couldn't POSSIBLY have been done on less thrust than an F-22s max ... and weighing 2.5x as much, CAN IT!?
Last edited by TrumanHW; 16th Jul 2021 at 01:12.