Plasma Shield and Scramjet: The Most Dangerous Layer of Science
The most mysterious power of hypersonic missiles is their ‘plasma shield’. This shield makes the missile almost invisible to radar. The scramjet engine—which recently conducted a successful 1,000-second test—gives these missiles the ability to burn fuel from oxygen in the air. This means less weight, more speed and longer range accurate attack.
#WATCH | ANI National Security Summit 2.0: DRDO Chairman Dr Samir V Kamat says, “For short-range ballistic missiles, the Pralay is now in the final stages of testing. With respect to hypersonic, we are working on two programs, the hypersonic glide missile and the hypersonic… pic.twitter.com/4yAqkTT2AU
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