Don’t Forget Booster In Designing Hypersonic Weapons

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories
The problem with hypersonics is getting that fast in the first place. A significant number of attempts to fly beyond five times the speed of sound have failed not due to the advanced airframe or propulsion technology being tested, but because of the rocket booster needed to reach that speed. These...

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