China says it conducted test of hypersonic missiles

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China says it conducted test of hypersonic missiles

This may include adverts from us and 3 rd parties based on our understanding. According to the BBC, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a press briefing on Monday that Beijing conducted a test of its spacecraft technology in July. He said: This was not a missile, this was a spacecraft.

This is of significant importance in reducing the cost of spacecraft use. Zhao added: China will work together with other countries in the world for the peaceful use of space and the benefit to mankind. The announcement comes after a report in the Financial Times which suggested that the development of hypersonic missiles in China had caught off-guard the Americans. The report, which included reports from five unnamed sources, had claimed that the low-orbit rocket was launched earlier this year. Just In: EU at risk! Poland PM issues warning to bloc of danger threatening union.

During the test mission, the hypersonic missile is said to have narrowly missed its final target by around two dozen miles. While the Beijing spokesman appeared to refuse the FT report, a US news network says the Spacecraft launch was related to the development of hypersonic missiles. ABC News reports the Chinese space program is run by its military and closely tied to its agenda of building hypersonic missiles and other technologies that could alter the balance of power with the United States Armed Services Ambassador Robert Wood responded on Monday to the reports of hypersonic missiles by saying he was very concerned by Beijing tests and added that America had held back from pursuing military applications for this technology.