How does a rotating detonation rocket engine work?

Terrible animation, not correct, less than helpful.

RDREs are the future... Instead of a slow burn, it uses a continuous supersonic shock wave spinning inside a ring chamber. Supersonic: Wave spins at Mach 5+. Self-sustaining: Each explosion feeds the next. Efficient: Way more thrust with less fuel. Mind-blowing physics.

@sarasissy25 So cool!

This engine will certainly be part of the distinctive features of a 6th gen fighter jet. Countries developing a fighter jet without this technology are just a 5/5.5 gen fighter jet.

Can use air rather than oxidizer

yeah because you are using one idea in your head and ending up with another, you concept is self reenforcing waves, like the movie The Core, but getting a vortex like spinning a coke bottle to empty it. I could fix that.