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The vehicle most probably will be a 'projectile dispenser'.
Will drop off unpowered warheads at multiple targets,from a high altitude...
Much like DARPA's hypersonic vehicle....
The range is 290 km......God's honest truth
I think this whole discussion is based on the presumption that the missile cannot accelerate to mach 7 within a few kilometers. What if it can? Is there any evidence that it cant?
It definitely can't.
I am the resident of NE india and its far safer and peaceful than ur country...ha ha ha .......
ahhh .... looking chirpy today.
Seems that you are not the resident of IOK, NE India and the districts afflicted by Naxals.
Don't visit such places and you'll remain safe in the remaining 40% of Indian territory.
A platform travelling at Mach 7 and a distance of 290KM?? both don't match up.
by the time it hits mach 7 it would have covered well over 290 kms.
How do you know it cant? Thats what am asking. I dont mean to contest, I am just trying to find out if there is any proof why people think it cant. Because for a scramjet to work, I think it first needs to be boosted by a rocket to supersonic speeds, after which the scramjet takes over.
BTW I found this article.
Scientists conduct second HIFiRE test
Note the last line:
Under the program, the test vehicle is carried some 200 kilometres into the atmosphere aboard a rocket launched from Woomera.
It then dives back into the atmosphere at high speed to test the hypersonic flight technology.
What if, since the missile flies on its own power, its called hypersonic, but in reality it goes to near LEO, and then comes back at high speed? Just throwing that out there.
No, reaching the speed of Mach 7 under 290KM is very well possible. Lets suppose for a constant acceleration of 1g, to get a vel of 2200 ms, it takes 220 sec. The distance traveled in this time is about 240 Km. The acceleration can be much more than this. Only question is, what altitude the missile has to follow. Bhrahmos can travel at Mach 3 close to ground. Can it do it at double the speed?
Brahmos 1 takes 2.5 minutes from launch to destination of 290 KM.
How long does the booster ignite in brahmos 1? Would it be possible to achieve higher speeds if booster lasts a little while longer?
I guess it can easily.. Many 20-30 km range SAMs are able to hit Mach 3-4 easily... that would mean they reach upto mach 4 within 20 km distance.. so mach 7 definitely possible within 30-40 km range.It definitely can't.
I guess it can easily.. Many 20-30 km range SAMs are able to hit Mach 3-4 easily... that would mean they reach upto mach 4 within 20 km distance.. so mach 7 definitely possible within 30-40 km range.
We are talking about Brahmos II here which is much heavier and bigger than a SAM and which is supposed to be a reusable vehicle. so what we are talking about is considerably much larger than a Brahmos for it to return back, with a lot many sub systems adding up to its weight plus the fuel and possibly UCAV features.
This cruise missile cum UCAV will take considerably more time to hit mach 7 than a possible SAM.