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UK hypersonic missile engine aces ground tests | With their ability to fly at speeds in excess of five times the speed of sound
Britain's Ministry of Defence, with the help of the United States, has achieved what is being billed as a major hypersonic propulsion test of a new engine design that could power a cutting-edge hypersonic cruise missile for UK armed forces by 2030.
By being able to fly at ultra-high speed and maneuver as well, such missiles would be extremely difficult to detect as they blur past conventional air defenses to strike their targets so hard that they can destroy them by sheer momentum. However, we can make deductions based upon the state of the art and the flight target of 2030, and from the fact that the new engine is supposed to work along the entire velocity spectrum from supersonic to high hypersonic. "We are living in a more dangerous world and it has never been more important for us to innovate and stay ahead of our adversaries, equipping our forces with the technologies of the future," said Defence Secretary, John Healey MP.
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