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So the puzzle is if they are using kerosene or JP-7.
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Or whether the Chinese simply lumped "kerosene" with its derivatives like JP-7, yes.
It‘s been disclosed that kerosene, instead of JP-7, is used both for burning and cooling. One could easily find out the information in Chinese.
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Is there any possibility that China could provide Pakistan HGV once it is developed to counter Indian acquisition of S400 considering all international treaties ?
An HGV with MRIV tech will be lethal if it is developed.
An HGV with MRIV tech will be lethal if it is developed.
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China is not a part of most international treaties concerning arms controls etc.
But there is hardly any possibility of such a scenario arising. S 400 is good, but it won't work in the case of a saturated SRBM attack.
Also, HGV would be a premium Chinese tech, which I must say, even the US hasn't attempted. They wouldn't part such to any country.
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China Again Tests Nuclear Hypersonic Missile
Sixth flight of DF-ZF glide vehicle indicates weapon a high priority for Beijing
BY: Bill Gertz November 25, 2015 5:00 am
China carried out a sixth flight test of its new high-speed nuclear attack vehicle on Monday designed to defeat U.S. missile defenses or carry out global strikes.
The ultra-fast maneuvering strike weapon known as the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle was launched atop a ballistic missile fired from the Wuzhai missile test center in central China’s Shanxi Province, according defense officials.
The vehicle separated from its launcher near the edge of the atmosphere and then glided to an impact range several thousand miles away in western China, said officials familiar with details of the test.
The DF-ZF flight was tracked by U.S. intelligence agencies and flew at speeds beyond Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban declined to comment. “We do not comment on specific PRC weapons tests, but we do monitor Chinese military modernization carefully,” Urban told the Washington Free Beacon.
It was the sixth time the hypersonic glider has been flight tested since last year.
The website China Spaceflight reported Sunday that the test would take place, based on the Chinese government announcement of airspace closures along what would ultimately become the zone used by the glide vehicle during the flight test. The website reported that the airspace restrictions were similar to closures announced prior to an August DF-ZF flight test.
Flight path of the test / China Space Flight
The airspace was closed to commercial and military air traffic between 12:53 a.m. and 1:40 a.m. Beijing time on Nov. 23—the likely timeframe of the test.
China’s most recent DF-ZF test took place Aug. 19, also from Wuzhai, and like Monday’s flight test was judged a success.
U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed the DF-ZF to be a nuclear delivery vehicle for Chinese missiles, with maneuverability and high speeds that would allow it to defeat U.S. missile defenses, currently designed to counter non-maneuvering warheads with more easily-tracked ballistic trajectories.
China also could use the DF-ZF for conventional-armed rapid global strike capability, according to military specialists.
The vehicle is believed to reach speeds of between Mach 5 and Mach 10, or 3,836 miles per hour and 7,680 miles per hour.
The high rate of testing for the glide vehicle is an indication China has placed a high priority on the weapon program and that it is making rapid progress.
The Chinese conducted earlier flight tests on June 7, and on Jan. 9, 2014, Aug. 7, 2014, and Dec. 2, 2014. All the tests were first reported by the Free Beacon.
The commander of the U.S. Strategic Command told reporters last summer that hypersonic glide vehicles are new strategic warfare technology and an emerging threat.
“As I look at that [hypersonic] threat, clearly the mobility, the flight profile, those kinds of things are things we have to keep in mind and be able to address across that full kill chain,” Cecil Haney said in an interview in July, using the military term for the process used to target and attack enemy missiles.
Air Force Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, then-deputy commander of Strategic Command, said at the same time that hypersonic missiles offer a number of advantages as strategic weapons.
“It offers a number of different ways to overcome defenses, whether those are conventional, or if someone would decide to use a nuclear warhead, I think gives it an even more complicated dimension,” Kowalski said.
Currently, no nation has deployed hypersonic weapons but “it remains something that concerns us,” Kowalski added.
The annual report of the congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, made public Nov. 18, stated that China’s hypersonic weapons are in the developmental stages and are “progressing rapidly.” The glide vehicle could be deployed by 2020, and a separate high-technology ramjet-propelled cruise missile could be deployed by 2025, the report said.
The Mach 5 to Mach 10 speeds allow the arms to “strike any target on earth in under an hour,” it stated.
“The very high speeds of these weapons, combined with their maneuverability and ability to travel at lower, radar-evading altitudes, would make them far less vulnerable than existing missiles to current missile defenses,” the report said.
The report said China’s hypersonic weapons, as well as the use of multiple-warhead missiles, are part of China’s efforts to assure its missiles can penetrate U.S. missile defenses.
Nuclear-armed hypersonic vehicles would be part of China’s retaliatory strike capabilities, while conventionally-tipped hypersonics could indicate long-range conventional strikes.
“Alternatively, China may intend its hypersonic program for both nuclear and conventional purposes, or may simply be following the United States in pushing the technological frontier and is not yet certain which it will pursue,” the report said.
China is among three nations that are developing hypersonic arms, along with Russia and the United States.
Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the sixth test indicates Beijing may be seeking a conventional rapid global attack capability similar to the developmental U.S. program called Prompt Global Strike.
Fisher said analysis of Chinese solid fueled space launchers indicates the new Kuaizhou-2 launcher could be used with China’s anti-satellite missiles and also could boost the DF-ZF to intercontinental ranges.
“It is possible that Kuaizhou-2 could become the basis for China’s first intercontinental non-nuclear armed Prompt Global Strike delivery vehicle,” he said, adding the booster “could likely carry multiple DF-ZF derived hypersonic maneuvering precision strike warheads.”
China also is building and deploying sophisticated surveillance satellites that could be used for the precision global strike weapons.
With some 138 satellites in space by 2030, “this means that an intercontinental [Prompt Global Strike] launched from China against U.S. targets could benefit from multiple target location updates,” he said.
Since China has refused to negotiate limits on its strategic weapons and remains highly secretive about all its arms programs, “the safe course for Washington would be to avoid any further delay in developing its own Prompt Global Strike capability to deploy if China does the same.”
China Again TestsNuclear Hypersonic Missile - Washington Free Beacon
Sixth flight of DF-ZF glide vehicle indicates weapon a high priority for Beijing
BY: Bill Gertz November 25, 2015 5:00 am
China carried out a sixth flight test of its new high-speed nuclear attack vehicle on Monday designed to defeat U.S. missile defenses or carry out global strikes.
The ultra-fast maneuvering strike weapon known as the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle was launched atop a ballistic missile fired from the Wuzhai missile test center in central China’s Shanxi Province, according defense officials.
The vehicle separated from its launcher near the edge of the atmosphere and then glided to an impact range several thousand miles away in western China, said officials familiar with details of the test.
The DF-ZF flight was tracked by U.S. intelligence agencies and flew at speeds beyond Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound.
Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban declined to comment. “We do not comment on specific PRC weapons tests, but we do monitor Chinese military modernization carefully,” Urban told the Washington Free Beacon.
It was the sixth time the hypersonic glider has been flight tested since last year.
The website China Spaceflight reported Sunday that the test would take place, based on the Chinese government announcement of airspace closures along what would ultimately become the zone used by the glide vehicle during the flight test. The website reported that the airspace restrictions were similar to closures announced prior to an August DF-ZF flight test.
Flight path of the test / China Space Flight
The airspace was closed to commercial and military air traffic between 12:53 a.m. and 1:40 a.m. Beijing time on Nov. 23—the likely timeframe of the test.
China’s most recent DF-ZF test took place Aug. 19, also from Wuzhai, and like Monday’s flight test was judged a success.
U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed the DF-ZF to be a nuclear delivery vehicle for Chinese missiles, with maneuverability and high speeds that would allow it to defeat U.S. missile defenses, currently designed to counter non-maneuvering warheads with more easily-tracked ballistic trajectories.
China also could use the DF-ZF for conventional-armed rapid global strike capability, according to military specialists.
The vehicle is believed to reach speeds of between Mach 5 and Mach 10, or 3,836 miles per hour and 7,680 miles per hour.
The high rate of testing for the glide vehicle is an indication China has placed a high priority on the weapon program and that it is making rapid progress.
The Chinese conducted earlier flight tests on June 7, and on Jan. 9, 2014, Aug. 7, 2014, and Dec. 2, 2014. All the tests were first reported by the Free Beacon.
The commander of the U.S. Strategic Command told reporters last summer that hypersonic glide vehicles are new strategic warfare technology and an emerging threat.
“As I look at that [hypersonic] threat, clearly the mobility, the flight profile, those kinds of things are things we have to keep in mind and be able to address across that full kill chain,” Cecil Haney said in an interview in July, using the military term for the process used to target and attack enemy missiles.
Air Force Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, then-deputy commander of Strategic Command, said at the same time that hypersonic missiles offer a number of advantages as strategic weapons.
“It offers a number of different ways to overcome defenses, whether those are conventional, or if someone would decide to use a nuclear warhead, I think gives it an even more complicated dimension,” Kowalski said.
Currently, no nation has deployed hypersonic weapons but “it remains something that concerns us,” Kowalski added.
The annual report of the congressional U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, made public Nov. 18, stated that China’s hypersonic weapons are in the developmental stages and are “progressing rapidly.” The glide vehicle could be deployed by 2020, and a separate high-technology ramjet-propelled cruise missile could be deployed by 2025, the report said.
The Mach 5 to Mach 10 speeds allow the arms to “strike any target on earth in under an hour,” it stated.
“The very high speeds of these weapons, combined with their maneuverability and ability to travel at lower, radar-evading altitudes, would make them far less vulnerable than existing missiles to current missile defenses,” the report said.
The report said China’s hypersonic weapons, as well as the use of multiple-warhead missiles, are part of China’s efforts to assure its missiles can penetrate U.S. missile defenses.
Nuclear-armed hypersonic vehicles would be part of China’s retaliatory strike capabilities, while conventionally-tipped hypersonics could indicate long-range conventional strikes.
“Alternatively, China may intend its hypersonic program for both nuclear and conventional purposes, or may simply be following the United States in pushing the technological frontier and is not yet certain which it will pursue,” the report said.
China is among three nations that are developing hypersonic arms, along with Russia and the United States.
Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the sixth test indicates Beijing may be seeking a conventional rapid global attack capability similar to the developmental U.S. program called Prompt Global Strike.
Fisher said analysis of Chinese solid fueled space launchers indicates the new Kuaizhou-2 launcher could be used with China’s anti-satellite missiles and also could boost the DF-ZF to intercontinental ranges.
“It is possible that Kuaizhou-2 could become the basis for China’s first intercontinental non-nuclear armed Prompt Global Strike delivery vehicle,” he said, adding the booster “could likely carry multiple DF-ZF derived hypersonic maneuvering precision strike warheads.”
China also is building and deploying sophisticated surveillance satellites that could be used for the precision global strike weapons.
With some 138 satellites in space by 2030, “this means that an intercontinental [Prompt Global Strike] launched from China against U.S. targets could benefit from multiple target location updates,” he said.
Since China has refused to negotiate limits on its strategic weapons and remains highly secretive about all its arms programs, “the safe course for Washington would be to avoid any further delay in developing its own Prompt Global Strike capability to deploy if China does the same.”
China Again TestsNuclear Hypersonic Missile - Washington Free Beacon
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Maiden Flight of Chinese HyperSonic
Aircraft Flew Faster than US Blackbird.
Dongfeng military network 2015-09-21 14:18:00
Dongfeng military (东风军事网-最新热点军事资讯网 The so-called hypersonic airplane hypersonic aircraft is a member of the family, in general, we will fly faster than 6200 kilometers per hour, the aircraft became hypersonic aircraft and manned superb sonic referred to as hypersonic aircraft aircraft, currently the fastest man-made flying military aircraft in the United States SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, its flight speed of not more than an hour 4000 kilometers, and let the driver safety ride in a flight within faster than Mach 5 or more aircraft, its technical requirements are high. September 18, according to the aviation industry, state media reported recently, the center of a new hypersonic flight demonstrator flight test is successful, the article said, "the aircraft mission profile special, unique way flight, flight speed and height is far more than the test since the center was established for all other test models. "
Figure China's new hypersonic aircraft shape Imaginative
The article also includes a first exposure this not only hypersonic aircraft, but also has a test pilot, the article said:. "A few hours after takeoff, an airline task completion dark aircraft, from wide-angle deep sky dive close to chic complete flare, light to float to the airport runway, the whole process is like a sword sheath also accurate chic. " The article describes the plane quintana dark, due to hypersonic aircraft flying at high speed, the surface temperature of the black high-temperature insulation materials need to ensure that the body, so this description can be basically confirmed hypersonic flight characteristics of the aircraft, in addition to reports that flight I grew up in a few hours time, also beyond the Chinese media this aircraft powered maturity guess.
It reported that "the flight test center to achieve a breakthrough in the field of hypersonic flight, flag flight test center in kind, art is more mature. New areas, new challenges, flight test center for young people, here is a new starting point, China will witness a faster pace and that China attaches a higher place, it is the beginning of a dream place. "
At present, humans can achieve hypersonic flight are basically two ways, one is propelled gliding, both aircraft itself is not power, accelerated by providing speed boosters, our multiple tests of WU-14 aircraft belonging to this one type. Another is to use a turbine, rocket, stamping and other pulse detonation engine based tandem engine turbine based combined. The so-called tandem-type turbine based combined cycle engine, that is, the simple combination of different types of engines, different Mach number range, using only one engine, i.e., the use of the relay-type work.
The United States in the development of SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft J-58 engine used to belong to the aforementioned combined engine, visible power is the key to the development of this aircraft. In the August 25, AVIC Qingan engine group more products program evaluation research reports related stories, a so-called "tandem engine turbo punch combination" first appeared, and confirm this new research engine will "as an aircraft supporting. " Referred to here is the above-mentioned article reported the hypersonic demonstrator. Test flight from the aircraft flight test center has been transferred, it is clear already conducted several test aircraft to verify the basic flight performance.
According to military experts say China a "tandem engine turbo punch combination" secret aircraft project has been carried out over seven years, the outside world that this aircraft is the China project total catch Chengdu Aircraft Research Institute developed a "black technology" project. Hang from media reports, China's new hypersonic manned aircraft substantially similar to the United States SR-71 "Blackbird" strategic reconnaissance aircraft, but the aircraft's flight index will surpass the US SR-71 "Blackbird", the highest flight speed reaches nearly 5 times to 7 times the speed of sound, which is the upper limit of human technology manned aircraft. Fraser military experts believe that China is currently pre-research of this hypersonic aircraft will probably have a similar multi-purpose design requirements, if deemed strategic bombers can bomb Tokyo within 20 minutes, the bombing of Guam within 50 minutes. Interestingly, Japan and the US media this time choose the collective silence.
Military experts for further analysis, said Fraser, currently the world's countries to carry out research of hypersonic aircraft, although many, but really were not much to the practical stage, to create a demonstrator or prototype two countries only China and the US, can be seen the degree of difficulty of this technology is high, Chinese research on such aircraft generally reflects that China has caught up with the United States in an area hypersonic research aircraft, on the whole, if the report does have a manned aircraft the ability to fly, then the machine will be publicly reported, the world's fastest airplane flight.
Since the flight speed can make it easier to avoid the hypersonic aircraft of enemy air defense missiles to fight back, so a hypersonic aircraft with an excellent platform to use as a strategic reconnaissance, while the platform as a strategic strike, hypersonic aircraft can also carry anti-ship missile high-speed assault on enemy aircraft, also can carry cruise missiles on enemy targets in depth "surgical" precision strike. From this point of view after several high supersonic combat aircraft and anti-ship missile that is has become a hypersonic aircraft, China's another trump card.
Original title: China RESEARCH successful maiden flight of the world's fastest military aircraft to 20 minutes to let Japan-US bombing of Tokyo silence
世界最快军机首飞成功 可20分钟轰炸东京 - 东风军事网
Aircraft Flew Faster than US Blackbird.
Dongfeng military network 2015-09-21 14:18:00
Dongfeng military (东风军事网-最新热点军事资讯网 The so-called hypersonic airplane hypersonic aircraft is a member of the family, in general, we will fly faster than 6200 kilometers per hour, the aircraft became hypersonic aircraft and manned superb sonic referred to as hypersonic aircraft aircraft, currently the fastest man-made flying military aircraft in the United States SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft, its flight speed of not more than an hour 4000 kilometers, and let the driver safety ride in a flight within faster than Mach 5 or more aircraft, its technical requirements are high. September 18, according to the aviation industry, state media reported recently, the center of a new hypersonic flight demonstrator flight test is successful, the article said, "the aircraft mission profile special, unique way flight, flight speed and height is far more than the test since the center was established for all other test models. "
Figure China's new hypersonic aircraft shape Imaginative
The article also includes a first exposure this not only hypersonic aircraft, but also has a test pilot, the article said:. "A few hours after takeoff, an airline task completion dark aircraft, from wide-angle deep sky dive close to chic complete flare, light to float to the airport runway, the whole process is like a sword sheath also accurate chic. " The article describes the plane quintana dark, due to hypersonic aircraft flying at high speed, the surface temperature of the black high-temperature insulation materials need to ensure that the body, so this description can be basically confirmed hypersonic flight characteristics of the aircraft, in addition to reports that flight I grew up in a few hours time, also beyond the Chinese media this aircraft powered maturity guess.
It reported that "the flight test center to achieve a breakthrough in the field of hypersonic flight, flag flight test center in kind, art is more mature. New areas, new challenges, flight test center for young people, here is a new starting point, China will witness a faster pace and that China attaches a higher place, it is the beginning of a dream place. "
At present, humans can achieve hypersonic flight are basically two ways, one is propelled gliding, both aircraft itself is not power, accelerated by providing speed boosters, our multiple tests of WU-14 aircraft belonging to this one type. Another is to use a turbine, rocket, stamping and other pulse detonation engine based tandem engine turbine based combined. The so-called tandem-type turbine based combined cycle engine, that is, the simple combination of different types of engines, different Mach number range, using only one engine, i.e., the use of the relay-type work.
The United States in the development of SR-71 strategic reconnaissance aircraft J-58 engine used to belong to the aforementioned combined engine, visible power is the key to the development of this aircraft. In the August 25, AVIC Qingan engine group more products program evaluation research reports related stories, a so-called "tandem engine turbo punch combination" first appeared, and confirm this new research engine will "as an aircraft supporting. " Referred to here is the above-mentioned article reported the hypersonic demonstrator. Test flight from the aircraft flight test center has been transferred, it is clear already conducted several test aircraft to verify the basic flight performance.
According to military experts say China a "tandem engine turbo punch combination" secret aircraft project has been carried out over seven years, the outside world that this aircraft is the China project total catch Chengdu Aircraft Research Institute developed a "black technology" project. Hang from media reports, China's new hypersonic manned aircraft substantially similar to the United States SR-71 "Blackbird" strategic reconnaissance aircraft, but the aircraft's flight index will surpass the US SR-71 "Blackbird", the highest flight speed reaches nearly 5 times to 7 times the speed of sound, which is the upper limit of human technology manned aircraft. Fraser military experts believe that China is currently pre-research of this hypersonic aircraft will probably have a similar multi-purpose design requirements, if deemed strategic bombers can bomb Tokyo within 20 minutes, the bombing of Guam within 50 minutes. Interestingly, Japan and the US media this time choose the collective silence.
Military experts for further analysis, said Fraser, currently the world's countries to carry out research of hypersonic aircraft, although many, but really were not much to the practical stage, to create a demonstrator or prototype two countries only China and the US, can be seen the degree of difficulty of this technology is high, Chinese research on such aircraft generally reflects that China has caught up with the United States in an area hypersonic research aircraft, on the whole, if the report does have a manned aircraft the ability to fly, then the machine will be publicly reported, the world's fastest airplane flight.
Since the flight speed can make it easier to avoid the hypersonic aircraft of enemy air defense missiles to fight back, so a hypersonic aircraft with an excellent platform to use as a strategic reconnaissance, while the platform as a strategic strike, hypersonic aircraft can also carry anti-ship missile high-speed assault on enemy aircraft, also can carry cruise missiles on enemy targets in depth "surgical" precision strike. From this point of view after several high supersonic combat aircraft and anti-ship missile that is has become a hypersonic aircraft, China's another trump card.
Original title: China RESEARCH successful maiden flight of the world's fastest military aircraft to 20 minutes to let Japan-US bombing of Tokyo silence
世界最快军机首飞成功 可20分钟轰炸东京 - 东风军事网
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The SR-71 first flew in 1964 with engines built in 1958.
I don't think the US military has been sitting on their hands doing nothing for 60 years.
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US officials confirm sixth Chinese hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle test
Richard D Fisher Jr, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
25 November 2015
Key Points
China had signalled that this test was imminent on 18 November when it issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) covering the same areas as its fifth test on 19 August 2015.
The CASIC Kuaizhou-1 mobile solid-fuel space launch vehicle and its transporter, which could form the basis for a strike system using a version of the DF-ZF hypersonic manoeuvring vehicle. (Chinese internet)
US officials said the latest test achieved a speed of "beyond Mach 5" and was called a "success", according to a 25 November 2015 report in the Washington Free Beacon .
US officials confirm sixth Chinese hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle test | IHS Jane's 360
Richard D Fisher Jr, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
25 November 2015
Key Points
- The sixth Chinese test of its DF-ZF hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle was "successful"
- China may be planning such warheads to perform non-nuclear precision strike missions
China had signalled that this test was imminent on 18 November when it issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM) covering the same areas as its fifth test on 19 August 2015.
US officials said the latest test achieved a speed of "beyond Mach 5" and was called a "success", according to a 25 November 2015 report in the Washington Free Beacon .
US officials confirm sixth Chinese hypersonic manoeuvring strike vehicle test | IHS Jane's 360
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New Chinese weapons raise concern
By William Lowther / Staff reporter, in WASHINGTON
Beijing is continuing to test space-age weapons that could make it increasingly difficult for the US to defend Taiwan in the case of an attack from China.
The DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle, which is believed to be capable of speeds of between 4,000 and 8,000 miles per hour (6,440kph and 12,870kph) on Monday was successfully tested for the sixth time in two years.
US intelligence sources say the highly maneuverable weapons system could carry either nuclear or conventional warheads and could probably defeat current missile defenses.
If Beijing continues to test the DF-ZF at this pace, it could actually be deployed by 2020, said Richard Fisher, senior fellow at the Virginia-based International Assessment and Strategy Center.
“A DF-ZF-based strike vehicle could form the basis of a more maneuverable second-generation anti-ship ballistic missile warhead, posing an even greater threat to US Navy ships and carriers that may need to assist Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack,” Fisher said.
Monday’s test of the DF-ZF at the Wuzhai missile test center in Shanxi Province was first reported by US national security expert Bill Gertz in the Washington Free Beacon.
Gertz said that the DF-ZF weapon was launched atop a ballistic missile from which it separated near the edge of the atmosphere before gliding to an impact range several thousand kilometers away in western China.
He said that on this occasion it flew at speeds beyond Mach 5, or about 6,190kph.
“The high rate of testing for the glide vehicle is an indication China has placed a high priority on the weapon program and that it is making rapid progress,” Gertz said.
Fisher told the Taipei Times: “China’s development of new long-range mobile space-launch vehicles and its hypersonic maneuvering warhead development point to a future Chinese intercontinental non-nuclear capability.”
“It puts greater pressure on the US to develop new energy weapons like railguns that could provide a better defense against this kind of strike vehicle,” he said.
Without suitable countermeasures, the DF-ZF could make it unlikely that the US would risk sending a carrier group to defend Taiwan in the case of an invasion by China.
“Obviously, this is a concern,” a senior Pentagon source said.
New Chinese weapons raise concern - Taipei Times
By William Lowther / Staff reporter, in WASHINGTON
Beijing is continuing to test space-age weapons that could make it increasingly difficult for the US to defend Taiwan in the case of an attack from China.
The DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle, which is believed to be capable of speeds of between 4,000 and 8,000 miles per hour (6,440kph and 12,870kph) on Monday was successfully tested for the sixth time in two years.
US intelligence sources say the highly maneuverable weapons system could carry either nuclear or conventional warheads and could probably defeat current missile defenses.
If Beijing continues to test the DF-ZF at this pace, it could actually be deployed by 2020, said Richard Fisher, senior fellow at the Virginia-based International Assessment and Strategy Center.
“A DF-ZF-based strike vehicle could form the basis of a more maneuverable second-generation anti-ship ballistic missile warhead, posing an even greater threat to US Navy ships and carriers that may need to assist Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack,” Fisher said.
Monday’s test of the DF-ZF at the Wuzhai missile test center in Shanxi Province was first reported by US national security expert Bill Gertz in the Washington Free Beacon.
Gertz said that the DF-ZF weapon was launched atop a ballistic missile from which it separated near the edge of the atmosphere before gliding to an impact range several thousand kilometers away in western China.
He said that on this occasion it flew at speeds beyond Mach 5, or about 6,190kph.
“The high rate of testing for the glide vehicle is an indication China has placed a high priority on the weapon program and that it is making rapid progress,” Gertz said.
Fisher told the Taipei Times: “China’s development of new long-range mobile space-launch vehicles and its hypersonic maneuvering warhead development point to a future Chinese intercontinental non-nuclear capability.”
“It puts greater pressure on the US to develop new energy weapons like railguns that could provide a better defense against this kind of strike vehicle,” he said.
Without suitable countermeasures, the DF-ZF could make it unlikely that the US would risk sending a carrier group to defend Taiwan in the case of an invasion by China.
“Obviously, this is a concern,” a senior Pentagon source said.
New Chinese weapons raise concern - Taipei Times
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