Who Is Winning The Hypersonic Missile Race?

China's testing of a 25,000mph hypersonic nuclear-capable missile has indicated that Beijing's missile programme is more advanced than previously thought, amid an intensifying race for the next generation of long-rang weapons that are harder to detect and intercept  

Daily Mail: Who is winning the hypersonic missile race? Beijing's 21,000mph weapon has the biggest range of any known system - but US and Russia both have their own top secret programs in new global arms contest 

* Experts have warned that the US will lose a new Cold War arms race to China within the next decade 

* US and Russia have spent decades working on their own hypersonic systems and the two countries have conducted tests on the weapons in recent months 

* But China's testing of a nuclear-sonic weapon took analysists by surprise and indicated their missile programme is more advanced than previously thought 

The global hypersonic arms race is heating up worldwide after China tested a top secret weapon that can circle the globe at 21,000mph and descend from space to strike anywhere on Earth in minutes. 

The missile is designed to travel in low orbit to dodge missile detection and defence systems, allowing China to strike virtually anywhere on the planet with little or no warning. 

It comes amid warnings from experts that America will lose a new Cold War arms race to China within the next decade unless it takes a tougher stance against Beijing.  

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Update: Explainer-China joins heated race for new missiles, vies with U.S., Russia (Reuters).  

WNU Editor: It is hard to know who is leading in this new missile race. But what is known is that Russia will be soon deploying medium range hypersonic missiles. The US is still in the developmental and testing stage, and China just successfully launched a hypersonic missile that can circle the globe and strike anywhere in the world in less than an hour.