In August, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that China had conducted a test launch of a "hypersonic missile" that flew at about five times the speed of sound and was said to be more difficult to intercept. It wasn't, "he denied, and claimed that it was a reusable spacecraft experiment.
In August, the British economic newspaper Financial Times conducted an experiment in which China flew at about five times the speed of sound and launched a "hypersonic missile" capable of carrying a nuclear warhead into space. The missile reportedly orbited the earth and then skated at a speeding target toward a target on the ground.
Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, denied that it was a "not a missile" at a press conference on the 18th. We can provide a convenient and inexpensive way to and from space. "
"Many companies around the world are doing similar experiments. Before the spacecraft returned, it was a related device that was dismantled as it passed through the atmosphere and fell into the waters on the high seas. I did. "
The Financial Times also reported that the improvement of China's technological capabilities spread surprises to US intelligence officials, but the Chinese side claims it was a spacecraft experiment.