China is thought to have carried out two tests of a hypersonic orbital nuke - the first on July 27 and the second on August 13 this year. Observers believe the 'weapon' is an updated version of a Soviet concept called a 'Fractional Orbital Bombardment System', or FOBS. It is designed to evade powerful US radar systems and anti-missile defences designed to shoot down traditional ICBMs by flying in low-Earth orbit, making it harder to spot, track and destroy
* China has carried out two tests of an orbital vehicle believed to be a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile
* First test took place on July 27 while second took place on August 13, intelligence sources have claimed
* Scientists are still trying to work out exactly what the 'weapon' is capable of and say it appears to 'defy the laws of physics' and is unlike any technology the US has developed
* Beijing has acknowledged one of the tests, but says it was actually launching a 'peaceful' civilian spacecraft
China carried out a second test of what is believed to be a hypersonic orbital missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead earlier this year, intelligence sources have claimed.
The new test is believed to have taken place on August 13 and involved a similar 'hypersonic glide vehicle' to one launched into space on board a Long March rocket back in July, which was first reported earlier this week.
Beijing has acknowledged one of the tests, claiming it launched a 'peaceful' civilian spacecraft.
But analysts believe the craft can actually be tipped with a nuclear warhead which would be able to evade missile defences.
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China tested hypersonic weapons twice, ‘stunned’ US: Report -- Al Jazeera
China's hypersonic space weapon test, explained -- Popular Science
Former Pentagon official 'not surprised' by Chinese launch, says US is running out of time in AI race -- FOX News
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WNU, sad as is it, is defence junkfood, often months behind on investigative journalist's blogs
And it's easy to explain why
If you look at what WNU posts, it is mostly if not entirely main stream media
Wnu is a news aggregator in his own definition and that's honest. You get aggregated mainstream news and that's as good as dumbing you down.
I come here only to see how uninformed people are, especially Fred. It helps me to skip reading CNN and these other absolute waters of time. Wnu is great for understanding what the establishment wants you to think.
Some of his commentary is nice but hardly at the analytical level of anyone truly involved in military, defence in general, including cyber and biotech etc. Years if not decades behind what's being posted here.
You can easily be a couple years ahead by going to DARPA conferences or just focus on what they do, you'll get a good idea how covid and the great reset and the carbon passport (+vaccine pass) and the rolling lockdowns come together. If you read white papers by the Rockefeller group, the WEF and UN plans, you're 10+years ahead.
Up to you.
For me, I enjoy the defence popcorn and making fun of Fred :)
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