4 ms·
It's always possible it's something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik, or some secret skunk w
by epicureanideal 6y ago
It's always possible it's something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M730_Burevestnik, or some secret skunk works type project by China or Russia. If they've announced the nuclear cruise missile, maybe this is the next generation still-secret thing?
Also, keeping in mind this incident:
"A MiG-25 was tracked flying over the Sinai Peninsula at Mach 3.2 in the early 1970s, but the flight led to the engines being damaged beyond repair"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-25
It could even be stretching next-generation technology beyond its sustainable limits. Maybe even as an intentional psy-op. Intentionally use some weird materials and some weird technologies that would look unfamiliar.
- epicureanideal 6y agoJust playing devil's advocate here, but what if it's something like: an omnidirectional thrust vector https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-2875-5_24 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-2875-5_... but using a nuclear powered jet engine? (Like the Burevestnik linked above) Sounds crazy, but if it were done, and if it were a drone that is 90% engine and fuel (no pilot, no life support), I could imagine getting something that performs similarly to what we have seen in these videos. If we add on top of being 90% engine and fuel, even a slight improvement in engine performance, or a willingness to let the engine destroy itself after each use, it would have better performance than human-containing sustainable-flying aircraft.