How China accelerates in hypersonic weapons

In China, a new infrared-guided hypersonic missile is being developed. The article by Giuseppe Gagliano

Chinese scientists are developing an infrared-guided hypersonic missile that, according to the scientists involved in the project, will be able to hit a moving car at five times the speed of sound, potentially expanding the application of these weapons from the strategic nuclear deterrent to tactical precision weapons in a regional conflict.

A research team from PLA Rocket Force University of Engineering in Xian is about to solve the problems associated with the development of this new weapon.

This technology could allow a hypersonic missile to hit an aerial target as small as a conventional drone, with the missile being able to distinguish the low-flying drone from buildings and trees with 90% accuracy.

In addition to improving the quality of its guidance systems, China is developing onboard AI for its hypersonic weapons, a move that can potentially increase their accuracy by 10x.

Given the technological importance of these weapons it is evident that these could be used – we deliberately use the conditional – in a strategic context such as that of the Indo-Pacific and, in particular, for a possible conflict for the possession of Taiwan with the United States. .

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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/come-accelera-la-cina-nelle-armi-ipersoniche/ on Sun, 22 May 2022 05:40:32 +0000.