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Why China is betting on hypersonic weapons

China’s DF-17 Dongfeng missile equipped with a DF-ZF hypersonic glide missile at a military parade in Beijing
Hypersonic weapons are currently all the rage in the field of armaments. This technology is considered to be the greatest advance of the past ten years. Most recently, China and North Korea tested hypersonic missiles. The US military began the new year in a state of alarm. In the meantime, it has become clear that China does indeed possess the more dangerous variant of the new missile technology.
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Michael Radunski
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The US leadership is alarmed – and that’s why everything has to happen very quickly now. In cooperation with Japan, they want to develop a defense strategy against hypersonic weapons as quickly as possible. This is what Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin agreed on with their Japanese counterparts earlier this month. The joint statement cites the reason to be “a rapid and opaque military expansion that jeopardizes the regional strategic balance.” Everyone knows who this refers to: China – and Beijing’s successful test of a hypersonic missile, in particular.

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