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China successfully tests first hypersonic aircraft
August 11 , 2018
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- China successfully tested its first cutting-edge hypersonic “waverider” flight vehicle (aircraft) Xingkong-2 (Starry Sky-2).
- Waverider is a flight vehicle that flies in the atmosphere and uses shockwaves generated by its own hypersonic flight with air to glide at high speed.
- Currently, United States and Russia have been carrying out similar experiments.
- The hypersonic waverider flight vehicle was designed by
- state-run China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) in collaboration with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
- It can carry can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.
- It has the capability to penetrate any current generation anti-missile defense systems due to its high speed and unpredictable trajectory.
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