(Newswire.net — December 11, 2014) — Chinese military experts readily admit while there has been a “blowout” of new weaponry introduced over the past few years, a trend that should continue well into the next decade, a huge gap remains between the capabilities of the US versus China.
Hypersonic weapons: Tested for the first time last January and again in August, the Chinese hypersonic strike vehicle, the HGV reportedly can travel at Mach 10 or 12,359 km/hr. At that speed, HGV can easily evade US anti-ballistic missile countermeasures. The US’s test of a similar vehicle three weeks later was aborted.
Anti-drone lasers: Early last month, the China Academy of Engineering Physics announced its laser defense system had shot down more than 30 small low-flying drones within a two-kilometer radius, a perfect record, it touted. Meanwhile, over the summer, the US supposedly deployed its first prototype defense laser in the Persian Gulf for testing under real conditions.
6th generation fighters: They will be super-stealth, manned or unmanned, hypersonic, equipped with highly-sensitive avionics, and carrying various types of directed energy weapons such as lasers. A new drone developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) is set to debut in 2020.
Thus, slowly but surely, China (and Russia) is chipping away at US weapons predominance with the days of multi-generational gaps in technology long gone.
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