China Allegedly Tests New Hypersonic Aircraft That Could Launch Nukes
- Aug 9, 2018
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The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA), based in Beijing, China, and part of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, claims to have successfully tested its first hypersonic aircraft, the “Starry Sky-2.”
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The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA), based in Beijing, China, and part of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, claims to have successfully tested its first hypersonic aircraft, the “Starry Sky-2.” China claims that Starry Sky-2 is unstoppable as it can travel six times the speed of sound by riding its own shock waves.
The experimental aircraft was first carried airborne by a solid-propellant rocket before being separated, making a few turns, and coming back down to earth at speeds reaching nearly 4,563 mph.
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