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Comment by MrMikardo93

7 hours ago

> It REQUIRES intake air to be at high supersonic speeds for it to work

This is why I am highly sceptical it can be part of a commercial supersonic passenger jet: how do you get from subsonic -> supersonic without also tacking on some kind of conventional jet engine?

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_kulang  6 hours ago

And you’d need the conventional jet to survive

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