​BrahMos pushing hypersonic ramjet technology as scramjet stopgap

Brahmos 2 hypersonic

India-Russia joint venture BrahMos Aerospace wants to double the speed of its ramjet-powered supersonic cruise missile to beyond Mach 5 as an interim step towards the development of a clean-sheet “BrahMos-II” hypersonic weapon.

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