Last week, China’s military took its new “ultra-high speed missile vehicle” — or “hypersonic glide vehicle,” if you prefer — for its first test drive, raising eyebrows among U.S. defense officials. The hypersonic aircraft, capable of maneuvering at a mindboggling 10 times the speed of sound — that’s more than 7,500 miles per hour — is designed to deliver warheads through U.S. missile defenses, according to the Pentagon. Call it a great leap forward in China’s military capacity.
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Pentagon Wary of New Chinese Missile Vehicle
Posted by: David Vranicar January 16, 2014 09:44 AMLast week, China’s military took its new “ultra-high speed missile vehicle” — or “hypersonic glide vehicle,” if you prefer — for its first test drive, raising eyebrows among U.S. defense officials. The hypersonic aircraft, capable of maneuvering at a mindboggling 10 times the speed of sound — that’s more than 7,500 miles per hour — is designed to deliver warheads through U.S. missile defenses, according to the Pentagon. Call it a great leap forward in China’s military capacity.