Yep, it sure looks like a harmless civilian system to me, no way that 11,000 mph missile could be used for military purposes.
Harmless.
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Posted on 04/25/2019 2:47:26 AM PDT by Candor7
CHILLING photos have been leaked onto the internet which some fear show China's top secret 11,509mph hypersonic rocket system aimed at dodging US defences.
Images of the impressive Jia Geng No 1 rocket have emerged on Chinese media and could rock Donald Trump's defence chiefs at the Pentagon.
The pictures are said to show a prototype missile measuring 8.7 meters (28.5 feet) from tip to tail and weighing in at nearly four tonnes.
It appears equipped with supersonic combustion ramjets - or scramjets - which suck in air at supersonic speeds leading to a much higher velocity.
Scramjets can theoretically reach a maximum speed of up to Mach 15 - which is more than 15,000 mph.
The leaked reports claim the rocket can fly at an altitude of 15 miles.
It's also claimed the rocket was “successfully launched” at “a desert area in Northwestern China," reports Popular Mechanics.
However, there are some conflicting posts which claim the rocket is actually a research project and even one which claims it is a harmless civilian system.
The images have emerged as China, Russia and the US are locked in an arms race to field the first hypersonic weapons ahead of future conflicts.
While many long range land attack missiles travels at subsonic speeds and attempt to fly below radar, hypersonic weapons would attempt to beat enemy defenses using pure speed.
The news comes after we reported how China could unleash the world's most powerful naval gun that fires missiles at seven times the speed of sound in just six years.
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“Use only under adult supervision “
“Light fuse and get away”
Or maybe
“Thanks Bill”
“These mach10+ missiles really make me nervous. They’re carrier killers and they are very good at it. “
There are no mach 10 missiles capable of hitting a moving target. Mach 10 is currently limited to ICBMs.
So, they’re not good at it at all.
oops. my bad. sorry.
Slim Pickens is going to have a hard time riding that thing!
I heard it can go 11,511 mph.
Really, when converting units, you’re supposed to round off to the same number of digits as the source value, rather than create false precision.
“Like it’s ridin’ on rails, baby!”
Yeah, but what’s it’s carbon footprint?
Yep, it sure looks like a harmless civilian system to me, no way that 11,000 mph missile could be used for military purposes.
Harmless.
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Don’t work yourself into a lather just yet. The question you should ask yourself is: “How many actual carriers have the reds actually sunk with it to date?”
35+ years ago, I saw some really cosmic technology being introduced into and tested on existing military hardware of the day that is just now being incorporated into today’s weapons systems. 35+ years ago, they foresaw the threats we would face down the road, and damned if they weren’t right.
It almost stands to reason, these super-duper weapons the reds are producing today were foreseen 30 or more years ago as well, and there’s more than likely systems/weapons in place to deal with the situation.
Unless you received your information in the appropriate classified surroundings by the appropriately cleared briefers, don’t believe everything you see, hear, or read. You’re getting only the “sanitized for public consumption” version anyway. And if you’re getting it from the MSM, you can bet the house it’s chock full of lies!
‘Feel better now?
Having to paint on all those Chairman Mao quotes will surely slow production quite a bit.
Does this really go that fast?
If it is what they say it is; yes.
A Scram Jet would have to be launched by another vehicle and boosted to about Mach 5 before its own engines could be fired.
It would probably be launched by droppable solid rocket boosters.
The idea that this is a private project is laughable for just that reason.
NOT A PROBLEM, since we spend 3 times more on our military...
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