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Old 09-25-2005, 17:16 PM   #131 (permalink)
Gun Grape
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Originally Posted by Defcon 6
From my standpoint we'll have scramjet shells when we have scramjet missiles. From the designers point it's not that different. Back in the 60's people would have said building the SR-71 and XB-70 would be an impossible feat, but they were designed and built and perfected.
Well, we have had deployed RamJet missiles since the 50s.(Bomarc and Talos) Havn't seen any RamJet powered shells. Have you? And we will both agree that Ramjet tech would be easier to transfer to gun shells than scramjet tech.


SR-71 (A-12) flew in 1962. It had a Ramjet powered recon drone, D-21. That flew in 66
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