{"id":153711,"date":"2026-06-29T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153711"},"modified":"2026-06-29T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:00:14","slug":"china-conducts-ground-test-of-hypersonic-ramjet-that-can-change-shape-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153711","title":{"rendered":"China conducts ground test of hypersonic ramjet that can change shape in flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAt a test facility in China, a hypersonic engine that reshapes its internal airflow channel \u2013 much like a throat tightening and relaxing \u2013 has operated continuously from a relatively modest Mach 1.8 (nearly twice the speed of sound) all the way to Mach 6 without failing.<br \/>\nAnd the material that kept superheated gases from escaping? Essentially the same black mineral found inside a pencil: graphite.<br \/>\nFor years, engines of this type could not ignite until the aircraft had already reached Mach 4 \u2013&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3358738\/china-conducts-ground-test-hypersonic-ramjet-can-change-shape-flight?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAt a test facility in China, a hypersonic engine that reshapes its internal airflow channel \u2013 much like a throat tightening and relaxing \u2013&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153711"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=153711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}