Posted on 10/22/2021 8:56:05 AM PDT by elpadre
China carried out a second test of what is believed to be a hypersonic orbital missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead earlier this year, intelligence sources have claimed.
The new test is believed to have taken place on August 13 and involved a similar 'hypersonic glide vehicle' to one launched into space on board a Long March rocket back in July, which was first reported earlier this week.
Beijing has acknowledged one of the tests, claiming it launched a 'peaceful' civilian spacecraft. But analysts believe the craft can actually be tipped with a nuclear warhead which would be able to evade missile defences.
Even government scientists are struggling to work out exactly what the new craft is capable of, with one source telling the Financial Times that it appears to 'defy the laws of physics' and is unlike any technology the US has.
The White House has refused to comment, while the US Department of Defense has refused to confirm or deny the existence of any hypersonic weapons tests.
The first test was disclosed earlier this week, when the FT quoted five intelligence sources who said that China had tested what appeared to be an orbital hypersonic nuclear missile some time in early or mid-August.
Beijing subsequently acknowledged the test, but said it had taken place on July 16. Intelligence sources now believe the test which the FT initially reported and the test acknowledged by the Chinese are different.
The newspaper now reports that the first test took place on July 27, before a second test of the same technology a little over two weeks later, on August 13.
Observers say the weapon appears to be an update of Cold War-era Soviet technology called a 'Fractional Orbital Bombardment System' - or FOBS.
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And all it cost them was 10% to the Big Guy.
Pffffftttt! No worries. We have F-15s and nukes. Right brandon?
Russia has similar weapons, and a nuclear powered hypersonic missile as well. Most of their RS-27 systems have them built in. Also Russia has orbital nuclear weapons and laser weapons.
Hell, Joe Biden likely paid US money for it?
RE: defies the laws of physics....
Sadly, we now know which side the grey space aliens have taken in interfering with our affairs on Earth. Drat.
Meanwhile Sleepy Joe just fired two hundred of the nuclear physicists and engineers at Los Alamos who were designing our next generation warheads and delivery systems over the vaccine mandate.
And Yoko Ono. She could be weaponized in theory.
Nah, they couldnt’ launch a rocket at all without it exploding immediately until they sent Charlie Trie and a bunch of other Chinese money guys to Bill Clinton’s wallet, after which the US approved sending them the tech and training to actually successfully launch rockets. If it ends up bring Armageddon to the USA that’s directly tied to greedy Bill Clinton.
Analysts should be fired.
from story:
“The construction of hundreds of silos also marks a major shift in the make-up of China’s nuclear threat, which currently relies heavily on mobile road-based launchpads and nuclear-capable bombers. China also has four nuclear-armed submarines.
China is expanding its military as its economy balloons to rival that of the US, having lagged behind for decades.
In addition to building new nuclear missiles and silos, it has constructed new aircraft carriers, tanks, fighter jets, spy and attack drones, along with new rifles for its troops.
Beijing has used the new hardware to take a more aggressive stance in the Pacific: Imposing its rule on Hong Kong, menacing Taiwan, and laying claim to a number of uninhabited islands in the South China Sea which it has constructed military bases on top of.
It has also been pressing its claim to a number of other islands whose ownership is disputed, creating tensions with other regional powers such the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and others. Similar disputes are underway in the East China Sea, around islands claimed by Japan.”
also - interesting analysis of comparable military equipment at link.
Who cares? I heard a a Lockheed Martin ad on WTOP radio this morning that trumpeted the “diverse work force” manufacturing the F-35. Take THAT, ChiComs!
It defies the laws of physics? Impossible.
Because Science.
Sadly, we now know which side the grey space aliens have taken in interfering with our affairs on Earth. Drat.
And they are still around.
It's scary, but remember this information comes from defense analysts and contractors that are salivating over the possibility of a new arms race,
Luckily, our intel agys successfully routed a bunch of rowdy tourists away from the Capitol on 06 Jan, squashing that existential threat like a bug.
Thanks to Bill Clinton.
that's shorthand for "I am not a very good physicist."
and is unlike any technology the US has.
Which is both impossible to verify because any such program would remain very tightly controlled until needed, and also conveniently means that just as we are wrapping up two decades of war, we should get right back onto the practice of throwing huge gobs of money at defense contractors once more.
So it’s a very high altitude version of a cruise missile? Or they put it into an orbital trajectory with the ability to de-orbit on command? My inner physics cop isn’t confused yet.
DC is useless, absolutely useless.
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