CHINA AND ITS HYPERSONIC MISSILE PROGRAM CONCLUDES WITH ITS 7TH TEST FLIGHT - POSSIBLE OUTFITTED WITH NUCLEAR TO BYPASS ANY MISSILE DEFENSE - AS THE DF-ZF GLIDER CAN TRAVEL AT SPEED OF MACH 5 TO MACH 10

China has successfully completed a seventh flight test of its new hypersonic glide vehicle last week in its northern central Shanxi province, according to an article on People’s Daily Online.

The “DF-ZF” glider can travel at speeds between Mach 5 and Mach 10, which is 5 to 10 times the speed of sound.

The Chinese news site reported that U.S. intelligence fears that Beijing may use DF-ZF to “deliver nuclear weapons bypassing even the most complex of missile defense systems,” citing an article in the Washington Free Beacon.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman first confirmed China’s hypersonic missile test in March 2015, saying that the missile test was not aimed at any country and was done for scientific research, according to the People’s Daily online.

The U.S. Air Force has made some progress in developing its own hypersonic weapon, which is based on the success of an experimental scramjet program.


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