China is building the world’s fastest wind tunnel to simulate hypersonic flight at speeds of up to 12 kilometres per second. The tunnel near Beijing is able to replicate hypersonic flight conditions. Photo: South China Morning Post
Today Online: China builds world’s fastest wind tunnel to test weapons that could strike US within minutes
BEIJING — China is building the world’s fastest wind tunnel to simulate hypersonic flight at speeds of up to 12 kilometres per second.
A hypersonic vehicle flying at this speed from China could reach the west coast of the United States in less than 14 minutes.
Mr Zhao Wei, a senior scientist working on the project, said researchers aimed to have the facility up and running by around 2020 to meet the pressing demand of China’s hypersonic weapon development programme.
“It will boost the engineering application of hypersonic technology, mostly in military sectors, by duplicating the environment of extreme hypersonic flights, so problems can be discovered and solved on the ground,” said Mr Zhao, a deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of High Temperature Gas Dynamics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
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WNU Editor: This wind-tunnel will be completed by 2020. Another sign on how serious China wants to be the first when it comes to developing new technologies and weapon systems.
China Is Building The World's Fastest Wind-Tunnel To Test Hypersonic Weapons And High-Speed Aircraft
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