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Chinese researchers claim to have significantly boosted the efficiency of boron air-breathing engines in a massive breakthrough for hypersonic missiles, according to the state-sponsored South China Morning Post. The new advancements resulted in 79 percent fuel efficiency in ground simulations, giving engines capable of pushing Mach 6 much further range and increasing the viability of the boron scramjet design. Scramjets work by pushing the vehicle to supersonic speeds and then using those speeds to compress incoming air before combustion, with this design using a boron powder as fuel to mix with the air. However, while supersonic air mixing with fuel...
