The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

US tests hypersonic missile components

2021-10-21T20:34:48.626Z


The United States announced Thursday, October 21 that it had successfully tested "prototypes" of hypersonic missile components that will be used to ...


The United States announced Thursday, October 21 that it had successfully tested "

prototypes

" of hypersonic missile components that will be used to develop this new type of weaponry for which China and Russia have taken a head start.

Read also Defense: how hypersonic missiles are changing the strategic game

Three tests, carried out Wednesday at the Wallops test center of NASA, in Virginia, not far from Washington, were carried out "

with success

", the US Navy said in a statement.

These tests "

provided the demonstration of technologies, capabilities and prototypes of advanced hypersonic systems in a realistic environment

," the statement added.

The United States is "

very worried

" about what China is doing with hypersonic missiles, which fly at least Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) while remaining maneuverable, making them difficult to detect and control. intercept, also underlined Monday, in Geneva, the American permanent representative in charge of disarmament, Robert Wood.

2000 km range

According to the

Financial Times

, China launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August that circled the Earth in low orbit before descending towards its target, which it missed.

China denied, speaking of "

routine testing of a space vehicle, intended to test reusable space vehicle technology

."

Read also Taiwan: Is America still capable of defending the “

rebel island

” against China?

China has already presented a hypersonic missile, the DF-17, in 2019.

This intermediate range weapon (around 2000 km), in the form of a "

glider

", can carry nuclear warheads.

The missile mentioned by the Financial Times, different from the DF-17, could reach space, be placed in orbit and then pass through the atmosphere before hitting its target.

Its scope would thus be much greater.

The Russians recently launched a Zircon hypersonic missile from a submarine and, at the end of 2019, commissioned the nuclear-capable Avangard hypersonic missiles.

According to Moscow, Avangard is able to reach a speed of Mach 27 and change course and altitude.

The Pentagon hopes to deploy its first hypersonic missiles around 2025.

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2021-10-21

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.