On another forum Jaldipc said:
In this one jaldipc is wrong:
There is no ramjet in world that can kick-start at zero kmph and go supersonic.
Akash has integral rocket booster in the ramjet chamber that is expended in a short 1 second and takes the missile supersonic so that ramjet can breath life and propel the craft.
Unlike Brahmos the Akash uses a solid fuel engine that is much more difficult to master specially for Anti Aircraft role.
Quote:Firstly,we dont have pure Ramjet tech.We still rely on Ruskies for brahmos engines either solid or liquid fuel.We are still in the process of developing a ramjet for ourself.
Dont get distracted by the integral ramjet tech of Akash since its much different than the actual ramjet aka Brahmos posses ignoring the solid/liquid fuel.. . . . . .
.... . . .Akash uses integral ramjet while brahmos uses ramjet.Akash dont need a booster since its own integral ramjet can kick start from 0kmph while Ramjet on Brahmos needs a booster to get the ramjet kicked on which is starving for the ramming air.And we cant compare the weights,only because one uses booster and other got an integral one.It is more about performance vis-a-vis penalities.
LRSAM or wotever the name it gets will be a breakthrough in terms of propulsion.Means getting hands on desi ramjet.
In this one jaldipc is wrong:
There is no ramjet in world that can kick-start at zero kmph and go supersonic.
Akash has integral rocket booster in the ramjet chamber that is expended in a short 1 second and takes the missile supersonic so that ramjet can breath life and propel the craft.
Unlike Brahmos the Akash uses a solid fuel engine that is much more difficult to master specially for Anti Aircraft role.