{"id":105431,"date":"2021-09-27T12:24:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T16:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=105431"},"modified":"2021-09-27T17:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:55:30","slug":"scmp-chinese-scientists-eye-hypersonic-weapon-able-to-fry-telecoms-systems-in-10-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=105431","title":{"rendered":"(SCMP) Chinese scientists eye hypersonic weapon able to \u2018fry\u2019 telecoms systems in 10 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defeat an army without a fight and without casualties? Quite possible, if a new type of hypersonic weapon proposed by a team of rocket scientists in China becomes reality.<\/p>\n

Designed to generate intense electromagnetic pulse capable of wiping out communication and power supply lines, the weapon would have a range of 3,000km \u2013 about the distance from China\u2019s east coast to Guam. Cruising at six times the speed of sound, it would cover this distance in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n

Unlike ballistic missiles, it would stay within the earth\u2019s atmosphere to dodge space-based early warning systems, while using active stealth technology to avoid detection by radars on the ground, according to the team of researchers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Beijing.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Feeling hypersonic: \u201cChinese scientists eye #hypersonic<\/a> weapon able to \u2018fry\u2019 #telecoms<\/a> systems in 10 seconds.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/AVQm0q3U98<\/a><\/p>\n

— David South (@DSChallenges) September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n