How China overtook the US in hypersonic arms and may leave air defences ‘powerless’

How China overtook the US in hypersonic arms and may leave air defences ‘powerless’

With the unveiling of the long-range hypersonic CJ-1000 missiles, China has surpassed the United States in the critical race to field practical scramjet propulsion systems, according to a mainland military magazine. Alongside the ship-launched YJ-19, the CJ-1000 road-mobile cruise missile was one of two hypersonic missiles powered by advanced air-breathing scramjet engines on show during the Victory Day military parade in Beijing in September last year. They are the world’s only two operational...

By Liu Zhen