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Old 24th Aug 2021, 00:35
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tartare
 
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Agree.
Building a hypersonic tunnel is the easy bit.
Using it to find materials that can withstand hypersonic flight, designing engines that can transition to and sustain prolonged Mach five plus speeds, designing a vehicle that can be controlled effectively at those speeds, guiding it effectively and to target, then doing it all repeatedly and reliably - a lot more difficult.
Despite Chinese and Russian boasts, threats and parading of so-called operational weapons, I'd wager the Yanks still have the lead in hypersonics.
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