High Speed Threat -- Washington Free Beacon
Pentagon intelligence official says Chinese hypersonic weapon poses major challenge
China’s new high-speed maneuvering warhead is a “great concern” because it appears designed for use with both nuclear and conventional Chinese military forces, a Pentagon intelligence official said Thursday.
Lee Fuell, a technical intelligence specialist with the Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center, said during a congressional China commission hearing the recently tested hypersonic glide vehicle “is basically a ballistic missile-launched system that gets the target—or gets the payload fast and high, pitches over, dives to hypersonic speed, and then basically just glides to the target.”
“At this point, we think that’s associated with their nuclear deterrent forces,” Fuell said. “Of great concern would be if they were to apply the same technology and capability with a conventional warhead or even just without a warhead because of the kinetic energy that it has.”
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My Comment: The Pentagon's concerns are justified .... there is no defense against such a weapon and it can hit any target anywhere.
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What are the Chinese going to BOMB in America? Walmart?
There goes the Bra and Panties Sales Revenue.
Maybe the Chinese want to Hypersonic BOMB Amazon Warehouse?
There goes the LG Curved LED Screen and Front-Loading Washer/Dryers with built in Internet LED Panel and automatic Facebook/Twitter Update when the Laundry is done.
That reminds me, I need to set my coffee maker to make me a cup of Italian Double Espresso using California Oracle Jew Java on my Korean Smartphone to control the German Brew Machine... in the next room in America, while I cannot get away from typing all this gripping facts on Texan PC that stores all the comments in Mormon Utah for a Russian Blogger working from a Chalet in Canada while he skis with Ukranian refugees!
And you thought Caligula had great orgies!
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