Wednesday, August 28, 2019

More Warnings That China's Hypersonic Missile Program Will Threaten Regional Stability


Zero Hedge: China's New Hypersonic Missile Threatens Regional Stability, Analyst Warns

Earlier this summer we reported how China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) published a video showing the Dong Feng hypersonic missile ("East Wind"), DF-17 for short, simulating an attack on enemy forces.

The DF-17 is designed to fly at hypersonic speeds and evade existing missile defense systems, such as America's anti-ballistic missile defense system called: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD).

A source from CASIC told the South China Morning Post that "the DF-17 will be capable of delivering both nuclear and conventional payloads." He refused to release his name due to the sensitivity of the topic.

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WNU Editor: Here is more information on China's newest hypersonic missile .... China’s hypersonic DF-17 missile threatens regional stability, analyst warns (SCMP).

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

DF-17 is poison to the renewal of the START treaty.

Anonymous said...

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anon 633

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Bob Huntley said...

Russ

Retraction notwithstanding Trump reacted and woefully so. Perhaps there is some truth in the offing regarding the O'Donnell release.