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China invents most powerful detonation engine for hypersonic flight (www.scmp.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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The “revolutionary” air-breathing engine could, in theory, lift an aircraft from a runway to more than 30km (18.6 miles) into the stratosphere and continuously accelerate it to 16 times the speed of sound.

At this velocity, even the longest intercontinental flights could take just one or two hours while consuming less fuel compared with conventional jet engines.

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[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Most of these inventions will be used by military first, in China as also in the USA, which isn't an atom better in this and other aspect. It's precisely the USA which use more investment in weapons and defense as any other country and not precisely for humanity reasons.

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The US is committed to free speech, the CCP is not.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Are we? The current wave of book bans would say different.

It must be those two gay penguins’ fault