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THE WORLD IS SHOCKED! RUSSIA DEVELOPS SMALL SIZE HYPERSONIC MISSILE CAN OBLITERATE ANY DEFENSES II AXX MISSILE NEWS

American SM-6 Block 1B missile that could take down Chinese & Russian HGVs will see testing soon (Credits-Defense Decode)

Hypersonic Missiles and Global Security ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Nayef Al-Rodhan)

DRDO HSTDV vehicle ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / Bin im Garten) Source- The Diplomat Author- Nayef Al-Rodhan Between 2014 and June 2015, China conducted four major tests of its hypersonic missiles (with a fifth test in August). The fourth test of Wu-14, its ultra high-speed nuclear delivery vehicle, demonstrated a capacity for “extreme maneuvers.” It was assessed as travelling at a speed of Mach 10 (flying at 10 times the speed of sound or approximately 7,680 miles per hour). To understand this in comparative terms, a missile flying at subsonic speed can reach a maximum of 500-600 miles per hour. To qualify as “hypersonic,” a missile would have to move at least five times the speed of sound (Mach 5), as well as be able to evade counter-fire and strike with great precision. To date, no country has achieved this performance but several nations are working on it. The fact that China carried out four tests of its hypersonic vehicles in a span of just 18 months

Should the Pentagon Fear China’s Newest Weapon? ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Franz Stefan-Gady)

Hypersonic vehicle  ( Source- Wikimedia Commons / Author- David Neyland) Source- The Diplomat Author- Franz Stefan Gady Last Wednesday, China conducted its fifth test of the WU-14 hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) – an ultra high-speed missile purportedly capable of penetrating U.S. air defense systems based on interceptor missiles, Bill Gertz of The Washington Free Beacon reports. “The latest test of what the Pentagon calls the Wu-14 hypersonic glide vehicle was carried out from the Wuzhai missile test range in central China. The test was judged successful, according to defense officials familiar with details of the event,” Gertz notes. This was the fifth time that China tested this new weapon (See: “Will This Chinese Weapon Be Able to Sink an Aircraft Carrier?”) and it could be an indication that the W-14 may soon become operational. Similar to the June 7 test, the WU-14 HGV again performed evasive actions  - extreme maneuvers – which makes the detection and tr