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| Tango01 | 10 Jul 2014 11:24 p.m. PST |
…Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Missile. "China's military is working on a jet-powered hypersonic cruise missile in addition to an advanced high-speed glide warhead that was tested earlier this year. A Chinese technical journal disclosed new details of research on what China's defense researchers are calling a hypersonic cruise vehicle. A line drawing of the scramjet-powered vehicle shows that the concept being studied for eventual construction is nearly identical to an experimental National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scramjet vehicle called the X-43…"
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| Mako11 | 12 Jul 2014 2:36 p.m. PST |
I suspect "nearly identical" should read "virtually identical", except perhaps for Chinese decals, labels, text on the end product, that they've probably stolen the plans for. |
| Charlie 12 | 12 Jul 2014 4:33 p.m. PST |
Mako, your tin foil hat is a bit tight, there. Scramjets have been around a long time. And the Chinese do have decent engineers. And they are capable of coming up with their own designs. Not everything is a 'vast paranoid conspiracy'. Get a grip…. |
| Mako11 | 16 Jul 2014 6:27 p.m. PST |
I know they have their own engineers, but why get them to re-invent the wheel, when you can just steal it for free? |
| EJNashIII | 17 Jul 2014 8:35 p.m. PST |
I must have a tin foil hat, too. China steals everything that isn't nailed down. |
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