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China launches hypersonic nuclear missile that orbits the globe in low Earth orbit
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:05 pm
Financial Times
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China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the globe before speeding towards its target, demonstrating an advanced space capability that caught US intelligence by surprise.
Five people familiar with the test said the Chinese military launched a rocket that carried a hypersonic glide vehicle which flew through low-orbit space before cruising down towards its target.
The missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles, according to three people briefed on the intelligence. But two said the test showed that China had made astounding progress on hypersonic weapons and was far more advanced than US officials realized.
The test has raised new questions about why the US often underestimated China’s military modernisation.
“We have no idea how they did this,” said a fourth person.
The US, Russia and China are all developing hypersonic weapons, including glide vehicles that are launched into space on a rocket but orbit the earth under their own momentum. They fly at five times the speed of sound, slower than a ballistic missile. But they do not follow the fixed parabolic trajectory of a ballistic missile and are manoeuvrable, making them harder to track.
Taylor Fravel, an expert on Chinese nuclear weapons policy who was unaware of the test, said a hypersonic glide vehicle armed with a nuclear warhead could help China “negate” US missile defence systems which are designed to destroy incoming ballistic missiles.
“Hypersonic glide vehicles?.?.?.?fly at lower trajectories and can manoeuvre in flight, which makes them hard to track and destroy,” said Fravel, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fravel added that it would be “destabilising” if China fully developed and deployed such a weapon, but he cautioned that a test did not necessarily mean that Beijing would deploy the capability.
Mounting concern about China’s nuclear capabilities comes as Beijing continues to build up its conventional military forces and engages in increasingly assertive military activity near Taiwan.
Tensions between the US and China have risen as the Biden administration has taken a tough tack on Beijing, which has accused Washington of being overly hostile.
Welcome to the next level. We will live through World War III or face unconditional surrender with the CCP
This post was edited on 10/16/21 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:06 pm to OMLandshark
Next Brandon will tell us we will have to be 99% vaxxed or China will nuke us.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:06 pm to OMLandshark
Winning against China is pretty easy with some international cooperation.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:07 pm to GumboPot
The bible is clear about the 200 million man red military. The stage is being set just like it was written two thousand years ago.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:09 pm to OMLandshark
Whatever advanced military capabilities that China demonstrates, rest assured, it’s directly attributable to US technology gifted to the Chinese via the US Corporatocracy.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:12 pm to Bass Tiger
“They literally have space nukes now!”
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:15 pm to OMLandshark
Wonder where they got that tech?
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:16 pm to OMLandshark
Good for China but have you seen the latest training measures we’ve stressed that focus on white supremacy, gender, and systemic racism in America?
China fricked.
China fricked.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:17 pm to OMLandshark
In the history of punchable faces, I can't think of one that is more ranked at the top, than that cock smoker.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:17 pm to OMLandshark
Yes well I just received the government pamphlet on transgenderism to read to my children so China can suck it. Imagine what this country can do once we understand all 57 genders.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:18 pm to LuckyTiger
quote:
Good for China but have you seen the latest training measures we’ve stressed that focus on white supremacy, gender, and systemic racism in America?
China fricked.
This ^^^ is real progress…the commies are terrified.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:19 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
demonstrating an advanced space capability that caught US intelligence by surprise.
But did it really?
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:22 pm to OMLandshark
Meanwhile, in the US armed forces:
This post was edited on 10/16/21 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:25 pm to Powerman
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Winning against China is pretty easy with some international cooperation.
You mean all the world leaders that have financial ties to China and care more about that than the people that elected them.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:29 pm to OMLandshark
This is why we need a space force the country that dominates spaces controls the world
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:31 pm to OMLandshark
Well the steal all the technology thay can get their hands on.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:38 pm to pointman
It's real fricking easy to know how they get away with it.
1. They steal everything they want
2. Every country of significance has Chinese people working in defense industries and government
3. How many Americans, French, Brits, Germans, etc, are working in the China defense/space/etc landscape?
STOP HIRING CHINESE PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE ROLES
1. They steal everything they want
2. Every country of significance has Chinese people working in defense industries and government
3. How many Americans, French, Brits, Germans, etc, are working in the China defense/space/etc landscape?
STOP HIRING CHINESE PEOPLE IN SENSITIVE ROLES
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:46 pm to OMLandshark
All courtesy of Bill Clinton and Hazel O'Leary. China is the military power it is today because of the technology that Bill and Hazel handed to the ChiComs. I often wonder how much ChiCom campaign cash flowed into Clinton's Campaign Coffers in return for that little handout.
Posted on 10/16/21 at 5:55 pm to OMLandshark
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demonstrating an advanced space capability that caught US intelligence by surprise.
They spent the last 5 years trying to frame a president and his supporters....
Posted on 10/16/21 at 6:00 pm to OMLandshark
Funny how this just slips out.
Gosh.
We should give the MiC, Military and IC all the money they need to keep up
Gosh.
We should give the MiC, Military and IC all the money they need to keep up
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