Article about Japan testing a "scramjet engine" in Australia
This jet engine propels itself to about 5,000 mph. That's actually about 5,000 knots indicated airspeed, apparently 10 times faster than conventional aircraft. In the original greek, that means this aircraft is EXTREMELY fast.
At the end of the article they say it could be used, at least initially, for stuff like transporting vital organs to waiting recipiants.
YEAH RIGHT!
Five thousand miles per hour cruise speed would make one heck of a bomber. It wouldn't be much of a fighter because it could actually outrun some of the missles it could fire. Maybe it'd be used as an engine for a stand-off weapon or cruise missle.
I can't help but laugh at this article.
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