Comments on: The Rotating Detonation Engine is an extension of the Pulse Detonation Engine, which is an extension of The Pulse Jet Engine https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/the-rotating-detonation-engine-is-an-extension-of-the-pulse-detonation-engine-which-is-an-extension-of-the-pulse-jet-engine/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Norman Yarvin https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/the-rotating-detonation-engine-is-an-extension-of-the-pulse-detonation-engine-which-is-an-extension-of-the-pulse-jet-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-3561230 Norman Yarvin Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:41:17 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49178#comment-3561230 This stuff is just a big mistake. It doesn’t even work in theory, for reasons I explained on my blog:

https://yarchive.net/blog/detonation-engines/

]]> By: Gavin Longmuir https://www.isegoria.net/2022/08/the-rotating-detonation-engine-is-an-extension-of-the-pulse-detonation-engine-which-is-an-extension-of-the-pulse-jet-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-3561181 Gavin Longmuir Wed, 24 Aug 2022 15:59:48 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49178#comment-3561181 “hypersonic (Mach 5+) weapons in development for the Air Force may cost as much as $106 million each.”

It would definitely be cheaper to buy those hypersonic weapons off the shelf from Russia.

Hey! Why not? Most other US weapon systems rely on exotic materials imported from Russia and manufactured components imported from China.

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