Tag: Chinese hypersonic missiles

Space Operations Vice Chief: China and Russia Ahead in Hypersonic Weapon Development

According to U.S. Space Operations Vice Chief David Thompson, U.S. hypersonic weapons are currently “not as advanced” as those of China and Russia but that it is an area the navy and the air force is “working on.” At the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada on Nov. 20, Thompson acknowledged that Russia and China…


China Unlikely Testing Hypersonic Missiles in Secret: Military Expert

British media reported that China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, and its performance caught U.S. intelligence services by surprise. However, a military expert raises questions on the authenticity of the sources. The Financial Times, a British media, on Oct. 17 exclusively cited five anonymous sources as saying that the Chinese Communist military launched…