{"id":380076,"date":"2021-12-10T19:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-developing-6000-mph-hypersonic-nuke-missile-based-on-design-ditched-by-nasa\/"},"modified":"2021-12-10T19:14:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:14:44","slug":"china-developing-6000-mph-hypersonic-nuke-missile-based-on-design-ditched-by-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-developing-6000-mph-hypersonic-nuke-missile-based-on-design-ditched-by-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"#China developing 6,000 mph hypersonic nuke missile \u2018based on design\u2019 ditched by NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#China developing 6,000 mph hypersonic nuke missile \u2018based on design\u2019 ditched by NASA<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/The-Boeing-Manta-X-47C_04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>China is developing a 6,000 mph hypersonic nuke missile engine which is reportedly based on a design abandoned by Nasa \u2014 as it forges ahead in an arms race with the West.<\/p>\n<p>A Chinese research team has built and tested a prototype based on a radical design by an American space agency scientist more than two decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>Most hypersonic aircraft have an engine at the belly.<\/p>\n<p>But the experimental Two-Stage Vehicle (TSV) X-plane was driven by two separate engines on the sides.<\/p>\n<p>It was proposed by Ming Han Tang, a Chinese American who was the chief engineer of Nasa\u2019s hypersonic programme in the late 1990s, reports South China Morning Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The engines could switch to a high-speed mode and accelerate to more than five times the speed of sound.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the Boeing Manta X-47C, a programme to test Tang\u2019s design was ditched by the US government in the early 2000s because it was deemed too costly.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s rapidly militarising China, however, money is no object \u2014 especially if it keeps the communist regime ahead in the arms race.<\/p>\n<p>And, so professor Tan Huijun and his colleagues, at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the eastern province of Jiangsu have built a prototype machine based on Tang\u2019s blueprint.<\/p>\n<p>The design has attracted increasing attention because \u201cunderstanding its work mechanism can provide important guidance to hypersonic plane and engine development\u201d, Tan and colleagues said in a paper published in the Chinese peer-reviewed Journal of Propulsion <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as China fired a hypersonic missile around the globe in October with the US left reeling by the terrifying display of military strength.<\/p>\n<p>US intelligence and military officials were reportedly left stunned after China launched a rocket in space carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle that circled the globe before speeding towards its target.<\/p>\n<p>The nuke-capable missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles when it was secretly launched in August, intelligence sources told the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ba0a3cde-719b-4040-93cb-a486e1f843fb\">Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the chilling test has alarmed US officials and shows how China has made astonishing progress on the development of its hypersonic weapons, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/3665881\/asian-superpowers-build-hypersonic-missiles-in-arms-race\/\">hypersonic missile<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s five times faster than the speed of sound and can reach distances of up to 1,500 miles, with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/3849670\/putin-boasts-hypersonic-nukes-on-alert\/\">Russia using the technology to build cutting-edge missiles<\/a>\u00a0in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>China has been scrambling to build powerful weapons in a terrifying arms race.<\/p>\n<p>An Asian national security official and a Chinese security expert close to the People\u2019s Liberation Army said the weapon in China was being developed by the country\u2019s Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics.<\/p>\n<p>A number of rocket launches have been publicly announced by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology \u2013 but the hypersonic missile test in August was reportedly kept secret.<\/p>\n<p>US intelligence and military officials were reportedly left stunned after China launched a rocket in space carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle that circled the globe before speeding towards its target.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; 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