China denies launch of hypersonic missile: "Spacecraft tested"

2021-10-18T09:34:26.441Z

A routine test, the foreign ministry spokesman said, "to test the spacecraft's reusable technology" Media: China has tested a new hypersonic rocket Share October 18, 2021 China recently tested not a hypersonic missile, but a spacecraft. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, in response to what the Financial Times reported yesterday about a suspected August test that surprised US intelligence, said the affair involved "a routine test of a spacecraft to verify reusable spacecraft technology.