Indian Missile News And Discussion

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[quote name='Arun_S' date='10 September 2010 - 01:30 PM' timestamp='1284153749' post='108231']

I think it is time to watchout for Shourya-II hypersonic missile with separating hypersonic vehicle that may very well be scram-jet powered with purposie trajectory that can add 2K km to its current range.



Shourya class variants will take Indian military to be a unique class in its own.

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Assuming purpoising trajectory is due to alternating between 20sec bursts of thrust (climbing) followed by coasting (diving) at hypersonic velocity, what are the mach numbers associated with altitude?



specifically if mach nos required at 40km altitude to fly hypersonic are different from those required at 100km?