China announces success of hypervelocity 6200km/h missile program

BEIJING says it has perfected a new engine technology which will propel its weapons further and at incredibly fast speeds.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has announced the successful development of a hypersonic ramjet engine after a series of eight test flights.

A report in the Global Times outlet of the state-owned People’s Daily states the revolutionary engine is now ready to be mated to a new generation of air-to-air missiles.

To qualify as ‘hypersonic’, the engine would have to move at more than 6200km/h.

And any missile moving at such speeds is likely to be impervious to existing defensive systems…

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