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China’s hypersonic nuke ‘fired a SECOND missile mid-flight’ leaving Pentagon reeling as experts say it ‘defies science’
The Sun ^ | 22 November 2021 | Jon Rogers

Posted on 11/23/2021 10:32:24 PM PST by blueplum

CHINA’S round-the-world hypersonic nuclear weapon fired a second missile while travelling five times faster than the speed of sound, reports claim.

No country had previously been able to demonstrate this advanced engineering feat and the test is said to have caught Pentagon scientists off guard....

...Experts at the Pentagon’s advanced research agency Darpa are said to be unsure how China achieved the feat, as scientists say it "tests the constraints of physics".

Military experts are said to have been poring over the data to discover how it was achieved.

They are also said to be discussing what the projectile might be for....

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; coldwar; hypersonicflight; missile; nuclearweapon; weaponsofwar
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To: chopperk

That is where it all started for China, Bill Clinton.


Noxious Nixon opened the door, Clinton walked through


61 posted on 11/24/2021 5:12:02 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Jonty30

“I remember a video of a Russian jet that could do advanced aerobatics”

The Sukhoi Su-27 doing the Pugachev’s cobra.


62 posted on 11/24/2021 5:13:52 AM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

As a side note, they come here because on mainland China they can only learn what the Party has approved for curriculum ; asking questions is unthinkable, since that is questioning the Party.


63 posted on 11/24/2021 5:14:34 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: A strike
Has DARPA ever contemplated how many communistChina students Stanford has graduated in the last three decades ?

Yeah, but I'll bet they didn't get usefull degrees like Wymens Studies or Gender Queerness and its Transfornative Intersectional Application of Critical Race Theory As Applied To Rising Global Temperatures Caused By White Men. What are they going to do with useless and racist studies in mathematics?

64 posted on 11/24/2021 5:16:16 AM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Jonty30

I remember a video of a Russian jet that could do advanced aerobatics and it seemed to have the ability to turn on a dime. It caused a bit of a concern, but I haven’t seen anything of it since then.


SU-35S is the plane, now superseded by the SU-57


65 posted on 11/24/2021 5:20:01 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: blueplum

... fired a second missile while travelling five times faster than the speed of sound,

speed of sound 767 MPH * 5 = 3,835 MPH

orbital velocity 17,000 MPH

Not sure which agency is pushing these hyperventilating stories about a Chinese missile or why they’re pushing them, but the whole thing reeks of exaggeration and hysteria. The question is why? What is the goal?

Standard orbital missiles can launch nuclear weapons with far greater velocity than this alleged hypersonic missile. If it avoids going ballistic to evade radar, then speed, hypersonic or not, is not really a factor. Even a rather slow moving Tomahawk subsonic missile can evade radar by flying at treetop level.


66 posted on 11/24/2021 5:27:26 AM PST by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: blueplum

If we did then I’m sure General Milley called them to tell them about it.


67 posted on 11/24/2021 5:33:23 AM PST by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: mylife

My full agreement …. BS


68 posted on 11/24/2021 5:37:38 AM PST by no-to-illegals ( The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
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To: mylife

“we had the sr71 in the 60s mach 4, I think we know something about high speed missiles.”

Now picture the same SR71 flying at Mach 4 firing off a missile.


69 posted on 11/24/2021 5:45:42 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (If you are vaccinated, you cannot get COVID from someone who is not vaccinated. Lighted up Karen!)
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To: Renfrew
Getting it to go fast and hit a desired target is hard.

It would help if the target wore a shirt that said "I am a woke pervert and we are coming for your children."

Then the Chinese would know where to aim.

;-)
70 posted on 11/24/2021 5:48:27 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: mylife
"We had the sr71 in the 60s mach 4, I think we know something about high speed missiles."

The SR-71 was an airplane....still the fastest airplane ever.

71 posted on 11/24/2021 5:48:57 AM PST by blam
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To: algore
"But, But, but

How can science be defied or even wrong?"

Lets ask Dr. Fauci, he known everything, he'll save us..! /s

72 posted on 11/24/2021 5:52:36 AM PST by unread (Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities - Voltaire)
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To: Renfrew

Who says they missile was fired FORWARD?

Could be fired rearward.


73 posted on 11/24/2021 6:08:38 AM PST by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: blueplum

I hope we’re just not showing off our versions and that we do have versions

We’re not, and we do.


74 posted on 11/24/2021 6:14:00 AM PST by centermass_socrates (Taking the long way around sometimes is sound militarily. Not advised in Bastogne.)
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To: Renfrew

>>Getting missile to go fast is easy. Getting it to go fast and hit a desired target is hard.<<

If the Chi-coms aim for downtown LA and hit ten miles in any direction from downtown...would it really matter?


75 posted on 11/24/2021 6:19:40 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: blueplum

“..this advanced engineering feat and the test is said to have caught Pentagon scientists off guard....”

THAT is what happens when our military focuses on LGBTQRSVXYZ “correctness” and the removal of elected Presidents that they don’t like - instead of on defense.

Guess who’s gonna feel the consequences of their folly?
(Got a mirror handy?)


76 posted on 11/24/2021 6:28:17 AM PST by joethedrummer (We can’t vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: blueplum

Boeing will get right on it. Should only take 20 years and 20 trillion dollars


77 posted on 11/24/2021 6:31:54 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: Jonty30

It may exist, may work.

But I’ll remind all: we freaked out in the late 1970s/early 1980s when the Russkies produced the all-titanium “Alpha” sub that could go 45kn underwater.

True.

It’s engine also blew up if it sustained that speed for more than a few minutes. After our naval experts really had a chance to look at it, they called it a “grenade.”


78 posted on 11/24/2021 6:34:03 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: blueplum; Jonty30; Darksheare; mylife; Renfrew; algore; VideoDoctor; Captainpaintball; ...
This video from Bill Whittle is for perspective purposes for people who are nearly overcome with fear about the Communist Chinese regime:

LINK: Bill Whittle Video: Perception Battlefield-As China Crumbles, Progressive Mind Tricks Brainwash U.S. to Think It's a Mighty Empire (20 min)

I post this because there are two important principles to keep in mind, particularly with Communist Regimes, and most particularly with the Chinese Communist Regime:




With that in mind, read these quotes from a venerable leader (Sun Tzu) with a long history in their culture which they slavishly commit to memory, and you will understand why what Bill Whittle referred to in his video above is a real weakness, and if don't play into their hands and surrender outright as many seem willing to do, this battle can be won, and it can also be won without firing a shot:
  • "Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak."

  • "The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."

  • "All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."

  • "Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

In summary, it is wise not to underestimate the enemy, and keep in mind these Sun Tzu quotes listed above when they talk of how powerful they are. They aren't doing it for nothing. If they do make a grab for Taiwan, and they have us cowed into thinking we cannot engage them, they will win.

Like Hitler did in the early days of WWII.

79 posted on 11/24/2021 6:43:22 AM PST by rlmorel (If the Biden Administration was only stupid or incompetent, some actions would benefit the USA.)
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To: rlmorel

God has something for earth,boom, he wants it back, man knows nada..thats the lesson..whether, it’s china, fear of dying, any off the fears evil traps man in..
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.....you know the rest..what we are experiencing is what happened when Israel.was worshiping the golden calf..as the much lagged behind world now is experiencing

It’s gotta go for Eden to return, burning chaff

https://rumble.com/vpowzz-golden-calf.html


80 posted on 11/24/2021 6:56:53 AM PST by aces (and )
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