LLNL performs scramjet tests

1996-04-24T00:00:00

A MINIATURE supersonic-combustion ramjet (scramjet) engine was fired at Mach 8 from a 120m (400ft)-long gas gun on 18 April, as part of a US Air Force hypersonic-research programme.

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