Pentagon: China has surpassed America and Russia in hypersonic technology

, Geoffrey McCormick, senior intelligence analyst of the US Department of Defense, Pentagon, stated that the Chinese government in developing, testing and using missiles Hypersonic has performed better than Russia, while Washington is looking for these new weapons that have a speed of five times the speed of light.

According to Bloomberg, he, who is the senior intelligence analyst of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, addressed the committee The Congressional Armed Forces Services added: The world’s advanced hypersonic arsenal has resulted from Beijing’s 20-year efforts to advance the development of conventional and nuclear technologies and capabilities through large and concentrated investments, development, testing, and their deployment. >

this analyzer He emphasized that Russia has used these weapons in Ukraine, but it is lagging behind China in final investment and support systems.

Despite these efforts, the US has still only deployed one hypersonic weapon. The Army and Air Force were looking to get them in 2022 and 2023. Both agencies faced difficulties and difficulties in testing these weapons, which led the Air Force to change its policies to use other weapons, and the Army adjusted and strengthened its test plan for fiscal year 2025 and scaled its field programs. reduced.

James Weber, the Army’s chief director for the hypersonic division, said: “Since 2018, the Pentagon has invested more than 12 billion dollars in the development of hypersonic weapons systems to provide different capabilities on land, sea and air. Provide.

China’s efforts and investments in the field of hypersonic technology come at a time when this country’s neighbor, North Korea, successfully tested its first medium-range solid fuel hypersonic missile early this year.

Accordingly, the purpose of this The launch is a reliability test of high-thrust, multi-stage, solid-fuel engines, as well as a test of a medium-range maneuverable hypersonic warhead.

Hypersonic missiles usually carry a warhead whose speed is more than 5 times the speed of sound, i.e. it has a speed of about 6,200 km and is usually launched at a low altitude.

The launch of this missile, in the midst of a significant increase in tensions between the two Koreas and following a series of intercontinental ballistic missile launches by Pyongyang and the launch of the country’s first spy satellite into the earth’s orbit, as well as the deepening of relations between Pyongyang and Moscow, which has worried Washington and its allies.

North Korea has been under numerous UN sanctions since 2006 due to its nuclear program and ballistic missiles, these sanctions include banning the development and proliferation of ballistic missiles. This technology was used to launch Pyongyang’s first spy satellite into Earth orbit and has been used to test dozens of ballistic missiles over the past 20 months. America has repeatedly warned that Pyongyang is ready to conduct its seventh nuclear test.

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