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Scramjet Engine Tested on Ground, Key to Hypersonic Missiles: Def Min
Hindustan Times Noida
|January 22, 2025
India has for the first time carried out a successful ground test of a scramjet engine, an air-breathing engine capable of sustaining combustion during supersonic flights, with the defence ministry on Tuesday describing the development as a crucial milestone in developing next-generation hypersonic missiles that can travel at speeds of more than Mach 5 or five times the speed of sound.
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