China tests hypersonic missile with space potential

The US military is concerned about the capabilities of China's new hypersonic weapons technologies launched from a spacecraft.

According to sources from the Financial Times,In August, US intelligence recorded secret tests of a Chinese hypersonic missile. According to service officials, they were caught off guard by the fact that the weapon was fired from a Long March launch vehicle that had previously flown nearly the entire globe in low orbit. Although in the end the target was never hit, the very fact that the Celestial Empire has such presstechnology has greatly excited the Pentagon.

The missiles being tested are reported to be capable offly more than five times faster than sound, carry a nuclear warhead, and have cosmic potential. The United States only recently reported the first successful tests of hypersonic weapons and fears that China will quickly be able to improve the guidance systems of its missiles, rendering American defense systems useless.

Last year, Chinese researchers reported the development of a hypersonic engine to bypass advanced missile defense systems.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijiansaid today that in August the military did not test rockets, but a new generation reusable spacecraft. In parallel, the PRC is also testing a new jet engine that will allow fighters to fly 16 times faster than the speed of sound.

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