U.S: Committee Members React to Chinese Hyper Sonic Missile Test

[cnleio]

Committee Members React to Chinese Hyper Sonic Missile Test
McKeon, Forbes and Rogers weigh in

Washington, D.C. - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, Rep. Randy Forbes (VA) and Rep. Mike Rogers (AL) issued the following statement after learning of a Chinese hyper sonic cruise missile test.

“While round after round of defense cuts have knocked America’s technological advantage on its back, the Chinese and other competitor nations push towards military parity with the United States; in some cases, as in this one, they appear to be leaping ahead of us. This situation does nothing to support peaceful coexistence in the Pacific. We have dithered for three decades now, delaying badly needed replacement equipment for our troops, relying on hardware that was built during the Reagan years.

"The Asia Pacific is fast becoming a powder keg. Allowing nations that do not share our respect for free and open avenues of commerce to gain a strategic advantage over the United States and her allies only brings us closer to lighting the fuse."

Rep. Randy Forbes (VA) is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and Rep. Mike Rogers (AL) is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.





China conducts first test of new ultra-high speed missile vehicle
By Bill Gertz

Published January 13, 2014
Washington Free Beacon

China's military last week conducted the first flight test of a new ultra-high speed missile vehicle aimed at delivering warheads through U.S. missile defenses, Pentagon officials said.

The test of the new hypersonic glide vehicle was carried out Jan. 9 and the experimental weapon is being dubbed the WU-14 by the Pentagon, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The hypersonic vehicle represents a major step forward in China's secretive strategic nuclear and conventional military and missile programs.

The new hypersonic vehicle was detected traveling at extremely high speeds during the flight test over China, said officials who discussed some details of the test.

The hypersonic craft appears designed to be launched atop one of China's intercontinental ballistic missiles, and then glides and maneuvers at speeds of up to 10 times the speed of sound from near space en route to its target, the officials said.

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed the test but declined to provide details.

 

[xyxmt]

is it faster than barhamos, maybe a missile race is due now

 

[rott]

is it faster than barhamos, maybe a missile race is due now

Not sure if you would like this source.

TypeSupersonic cruise missile
Place of origin

India

Russia
Service history
In serviceNovember 2006–present
Used byIndian Army
Indian Navy
Indian Airforce (awaiting)
Production history
ManufacturerDRDO
NPO Mashinostroeyenia
Unit costUS$ 2.73 million
VariantsSurface-launched
Submarine-launched
Air-launched
BrahMos-II
Specifications
Weight3,000 kg
2,500 kg (air-launched)
Length8.4 m
Diameter0.6 m
Warhead200-300 kg conventional semi-armour-piercing and nuclear[1][2]
EngineFirst stage: solid propellant booster
Second stage: liquid-fueled ramjet
Operational
range300~500 km[1]
Flight ceiling15 km[2]
Flight altitudesea-skimming, as low as 3-4 meters[2][3]
SpeedMach 2.8 - 3.0
Guidance
systemMid-course guidance by INS
Terminal guidance by homing radar seeker
Augmentation by GPS/GLONASS[4]
Accuracy1 m[5]
Launch
platformShip, submarine, aircraft and land-based mobile launchers.

 

[cnleio]

is it faster than barhamos, maybe a missile race is due now

Fly 10x Mach !!! UFO bomb from outerspace.
American NMD system can't defense it.

Ian Easton, in a report published by the Project 2049 Institute, said China’s hypersonic weapons are part of what he called “the Great Game in space.”

“If there is a great power war in this century, it will not begin with the sound of explosions on the ground and in the sky, but rather with the bursting of kinetic energy and the flashing of laser light in the silence of outer space,” Easton said.

 

[Obambam]

is it faster than barhamos, maybe a missile race is due now

Better than Brahmos? Noway! Cheap Chinese junk will forever be labeled cheap Chinese junk.
It will fall apart like cheap toys, the world need not worry about it, and physics don't exist in China

 

[shuttler]

is it faster than barhamos, maybe a missile race is due now

Brahmos I is also a ramjet which is a lot slower @ Mach 2~3
Brahmos II is in developement, havent heard about its test flight. Its projected speed is @ Mach 7
It is a 3-party race: China, Russia and USA

 

[armchairPrivate]

The DARPA is developing and testing a 20 Mach Hypersonic Vehicle under its Falcon project in the US.

This will be a real race!!!

 

[DoTell]

In b4 the Indians coming in and crying "it's copied!"

 

[scherz]

I am sure the red chinese communist scums hacked indian super secret Brahmos III project which target the mach 20, but the silly communists are only able to copy it with mach 10. the original is much superior to the cheap chinese junk.

 

[banvanaxl]

I am sure the red chinese communist scums hacked indian super secret Brahmos III project which target the mach 20, but the silly communists are only able to copy it with mach 10. the original is much superior to the cheap chinese junk.

Better than Brahmos? Noway! Cheap Chinese junk will forever be labeled cheap Chinese junk.
It will fall apart like cheap toys, the world need not worry about it, and physics don't exist in China

We "GET" the sarcasm.

Anyway if you guys have done it, then its prolly the first in Asia. Please accept our congratulations. To all others .. do give credit where credit is due.

Cheers chaps.

 

[rott]

Brahmos II is in developement, havent heard about its test flight. Its projected speed is @ Mach 7

According to Wiki this is what I've got on Brahmos II

BrahMos-II
Specifications
Weight3,000 kg
2,500 kg (air-launched)
Length8.4 m
Diameter0.6 m
Warhead200-300 kg conventional semi-armour-piercing and nuclear[1][2]
EngineFirst stage: solid propellant booster
Second stage: liquid-fueled ramjet
Operational
range300~500 km[1]
Flight ceiling15 km[2]
Flight altitudesea-skimming, as low as 3-4 meters[2][3]
SpeedMach 2.8 - 3.0

 

[kbd-raaf]

According to Wiki this is what I've got on Brahmos II

BrahMos-II
Specifications
Weight3,000 kg
2,500 kg (air-launched)
Length8.4 m
Diameter0.6 m
Warhead200-300 kg conventional semi-armour-piercing and nuclear[1][2]
EngineFirst stage: solid propellant booster
Second stage: liquid-fueled ramjet
Operational
range300~500 km[1]
Flight ceiling15 km[2]
Flight altitudesea-skimming, as low as 3-4 meters[2][3]
SpeedMach 2.8 - 3.0

Look up the HSTDV, if you guys are interested in an actual intellectual discourse that is.

 

[shuttler]

According to Wiki this is what I've got on Brahmos II

BrahMos-II
Specifications
Weight3,000 kg
2,500 kg (air-launched)
Length8.4 m
Diameter0.6 m
Warhead200-300 kg conventional semi-armour-piercing and nuclear[1][2]
EngineFirst stage: solid propellant booster
Second stage: liquid-fueled ramjet
Operational
range300~500 km[1]
Flight ceiling15 km[2]
Flight altitudesea-skimming, as low as 3-4 meters[2][3]
SpeedMach 2.8 - 3.0

I have this Buddy:

Specifications
EngineScramjet
SpeedMach 7
Launch
platformShip, submarine, aircraft and land-based mobile launchers.

BrahMos-II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Fsjal]

What's funny is that India needs assistance from Russia to create brahMos while China doesn't need help.

 

[BoQ77]

Wow !!! great work, China !!!

I smell the fear from USA ...
You could beat them before 2018, not 2020 !!!