The device can carry a nuclear warhead and to overcome today’s existing missile defense system.
The Chinese military tested a new hypersonic glide flying machine DF-ZF, wrote to Defense Aerospace.
This is already the seventh launch of a hypersonic glider from the start of testing in 2014, and he was recognized as successful.
DF-ZF is able to operate at speeds from five to ten Mach numbers (6,2-12,3 thousand kilometers per hour). Other details about the glider classified.
It is assumed that he can carry a nuclear warhead and to overcome today’s existing missile defense system.
Camera trigger, presumably with the help of ballistic missiles of the family of DF-21 with a range of from 1.2 to 1.9 thousand kilometers, and the DF-31 with a range from eight to 12 thousand kilometers.
According to statements by Chinese authorities, the DF-ZF is not aimed against any country and is created solely for scientific purposes.
