Finally: US FIRST Hypersonic Aircraft Shocked China
US NEW Hypersonic Aircraft Shocked China
There’s an ongoing silent battle between the US and China. The two largest economies in the world, these two nations have been able to fund their rivalry to unimaginable heights. Combined, both nations account for a military budget of over $1 trillion dollars – that’s more than the military budget of all other nations combined. Thanks to this budget, China and the US share the top two positions in a wide array of metrics — from the largest and second-largest active land armies to the largest and second-largest aircraft carrier fleet in the world. Simply put, these two nations have been unable to shake off one another in terms of military dominance. That is, until now.
Hypersonic technology has become a top priority for world powers across the world, including the US and China. However, the two nations have developed opposing sides of this technology. China has gained a lead in applying hypersonic technology to missiles through its operational DF-17 hypersonic missile which has a top speed exceeding Mach 5 and a Space-bordering flight ceiling of 197,000 feet. The US, on the other hand, has no hypersonic missile in operation but the country does have the lead in applying hypersonic technology to aircraft propulsion. Currently, the US has at least three different hypersonic programs contributing to the development of hypersonic aircraft — that is more than can be said about China. As a result, the battle between China and the US has grown into one of hypersonic missiles against hypersonic jets.
US NEW Hypersonic Aircraft Shocked China
There’s an ongoing silent battle between the US and China. The two largest economies in the world, these two nations have been able to fund their rivalry to unimaginable heights. Combined, both nations account for a military budget of over $1 trillion dollars – that’s more than the military budget of all other nations combined. Thanks to this budget, China and the US share the top two positions in a wide array of metrics — from the largest and second-largest active land armies to the largest and second-largest aircraft carrier fleet in the world. Simply put, these two nations have been unable to shake off one another in terms of military dominance. That is, until now.
Hypersonic technology has become a top priority for world powers across the world, including the US and China. However, the two nations have developed opposing sides of this technology. China has gained a lead in applying hypersonic technology to missiles through its operational DF-17 hypersonic missile which has a top speed exceeding Mach 5 and a Space-bordering flight ceiling of 197,000 feet. The US, on the other hand, has no hypersonic missile in operation but the country does have the lead in applying hypersonic technology to aircraft propulsion. Currently, the US has at least three different hypersonic programs contributing to the development of hypersonic aircraft — that is more than can be said about China. As a result, the battle between China and the US has grown into one of hypersonic missiles against hypersonic jets.
