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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Russia looks at hypersonic flight plans

Brahmos II (hypersonic cruise missile) |Russia is accelerating plans to set up a new holding company to develop hypersonic technologies.

As stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, overseer of the entire defense industry, the project can be compared to the atomic bomb, in terms of the potential scientific and technological breakthrough.

The new holding company will include the Tactical Missiles Corporation (TMC) and the Scientific and Production Association of Machine Building (SPAMB), the latter of which is expected to withdraw from the Russian Space Agency.rch," said Rogozin.

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