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China's new Hypersonic Missile Vehicle is a threat to US

New Delhi: China is stepping up its bid for ballistic missile superiority, having just successfully test-fired the country's first hypersonic missile delivery vehicle WU-14. WU-14 is the Pentagon's code name for a Chinese hypersonic glide



According to the reports the high-speed glider appears designed to fit on top of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Using that booster, the vehicle is lofted to a height of 62 miles or less and then released. It then maneuvers at speeds as high as Mach 10, or 7,680 miles per hour, to its target.

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