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Armchair aeronautical engineer but other solutions might be pulsejets or ramjets which can be much less complicated and cheaper than a turbofan.
by siliconc0w 2y ago
Armchair aeronautical engineer but other solutions might be pulsejets or ramjets which can be much less complicated and cheaper than a turbofan.
- LorenPechtel 2y agoRamjet has a high minimum flight speed. (Although this is an issue across most missiles--ground launch versions of missiles are the air launch version with an extra rocket on back that boosts it to a suitable flight speed.)
- siliconc0w 2y agoMaybe electric launcher+ ramjet? Really the cheapest and most reliable thing would be an electric launcher that threw JDAM-like gliding bombs. Probably could get pretty good range with a strong enough launch system.