Isn't Zircon a scramjet in the same catagory?
Chinese Hypersonic Developments (HGVs/HCMs)
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Technically yes but they simply use solid boosters to get them to speed and call it a day so far only China has been able to demonstrate inlet stability from subsonic to hypersonic at various altitudes, It's crucial to develop TBCC engine for Tengyun spaceplane.
Which also means that China could potentially be the first one to have operational and deployable air-breathing HCMs?
And they copied the inception tech from the 2013 American famous movie, Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Does China have a missile that functions from subsonic to hypersonic without a booster?
Aren’t all HCMs air-breathing (as distinct from HGVs or aeroballistic missiles)? Or do you mean one that doesn’t need a rocket booster to get to scramjet engine speed?
I don't find anywhere in #1,226 that mentioned the configuration of an engine. All I find is stable supersonic combustion which is key of all kinds of scramjet including TBCC, RBCC, TRRE and X-51, Zircon. The first three are combined cycle engines while the last two are plain scramjet that relies on separate rocket boosters to kick-start.
So I can't say what this article reflect a first because we don't know what first it may be.
Zircon is air-breathing HCM in operation, it is just not combined cycle engined.
yes.
Since Zircon relise on a separate rocket booster, the first position of combined cycle scramjet remains vacant to be claimed.
You are right, I thought the news was about TBCC, it's pretty much known that China has world class scramjet inlet tech why is the news getting reported now? Doesn't make sense
As for TBCC all public info favours orbital bombers think prompt global strike but with reusable launch platforms, Unfortunately I do not have enough info on HCMs