PeterBushMan Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Who invented the hypersonic missile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Does it matter who? These days, engineers or scientists work in large teams.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 6 hours ago, PeterBushMan said: Who invented the hypersonic missile? One could Google this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigL Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Hypersonic is a classification for speed in the atmosphere, and usually means >M5, or 5 times the speed of sound in air at that density. There were certainly rockets which exceeded this speed previous to hypersonic missiles, but they mostly did so in very rarefied ( hi altitude ) atmosphere, or what is considered space. The main problem is having enough fuel, or burning it slowly enough, to be able to accelerate to M5, in a small enough package. But for big rockets the technology has been available since the end of WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) V2 rocket had maximum speed 5760 km/h, which is 4.66 mach. https://www.google.com/search?q=5760+km%2Fh+to+mach (Google let's you convert speed to mach, nice!) Edited May 24, 2022 by Sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 If the V2 at 5760 km/h was above about 15000 feet (depending slightly on the weather) it would be hypersonic. https://www.fighter-planes.com/jetmach1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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