China Wants Hypersonic Weapons

VOA: China Testing 'Hypersonic' Weapons

Four times in the past 18 months, China has carried out hypersonic weapons tests. Hypersonic weapon delivery vehicles can travel at speeds of more than five times the speed of sound. China says its most recent test flight was on June 9th. The tests are a sign of the country’s continuing efforts to make highly developed weapons.

The hypersonic missile delivery vehicles are able to transport nuclear weapons. But China said the tests are, in its words, “purely scientific and (are) not targeted at any country.”

The United States, Russia and India have also been developing hypersonic vehicles.

Update: Strategic Command Focused on Hypersonic Missile Threat: Chinese, Russian high-speed weapons a new concern -- Washington Free Beacon

WNU Editor: Not to be outdone, the U.S. is also pursuing its won program .... USA Increasing hypersonic weapons program funding again to try to get to deployable weapons early in 2020s (Next Big Future).