Indian Missile News And Discussion

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[quote name='qubit' date='03 March 2010 - 09:05 PM' timestamp='1267630034' post='104774']

Hi Ankit-S, I know what MTCR is. Please correct me if I'm mistaken, but from what you've posted DRDO has ground tested it's hypersonic engine does not translate into DRDO has managed to develop a scramjet engine which will power a CM based on the BrahMos-II to 500-1000 km+ in about 5 years from today. I guess, DRDO needs to set up a technology cell and acquire as much Russian "consultancy" as possible and do so PRONTO! Without meaning to denigrate DRDO, we've seen plenty of DRDO projects which have shown "encouraging results" for decades, but which have never materialized into anything tangible!

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It proves beyond reasonable doubt that DRDO is capable of handling scramjet tech, as it is supposed to end up in AVATAR. And all the Brahmos-II reports are indicating that Brahmos-II will be using scramjet, so why you differ unreasonably on this simple issue?

Russia and India are encouraged enough to invest in BrahMos 2, which will use a scramjet, instead of a ramjet, in the second stage. This would double speed, and make the missile much more difficult to defend against

According to BrahMos Aerospace, the hypersonic version will have a scramjet engine in place of a ramjet, which will allow speeds in excess of Mach 6. Scramjets allow combustion to occur in supersonic airflow.



The hypersonic version will be capable of immense destructive power on account of kinetic energy resulting from its immense speed. According to BrahMos Aerospace, an object striking a target at Mach 6 will have 36 times the force of an object of the same mass striking the target at Mach 1.

I am all ears my friend - keep it coming!