China conducts sixth 'successful' hypersonic weapons test, STRATCOM chief says

By Jason Sherman / January 29, 2016 at 4:18 PM
China has notched another success in its effort to develop a hypersonic weapon, conducting a sixth test of a hyperglide vehicle that U.S. intelligence assesses as favorable to Beijing's effort to develop a next-generation offensive strike weapon, according to a senior U.S. defense official. Adm. Cecil Haney, head of U.S. Strategic Command, revealed the intelligence finding during a Jan. 22 address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "They recently conducted [their] sixth successful test of a hyperglide vehicle,"...

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