Financial Times reports two weapons tests were conducted after China denial
China’s military conducted two hypersonic weapons tests over the summer rather than the one test reported earlier, the Financial Times said, a development that could heighten worries in Washington about Beijing’s advancing military capabilities.
The object, which the FT said missed its target by about nearly 40km after dropping from orbit, has raised concerns that US rivals may be able to eventually neutralise the Pentagon’s missile defences. The technology, once perfected, could conceivably be used to send nuclear warheads over the South Pole and around American anti-missile systems in the northern hemisphere.
On Thursday, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reaffirmed the country’s previous interpretation of events: “I want to reiterate that this test reported by certain media is a routine spacecraft test to verify the technology of the spacecraft’s reusability,” Wang told reporters at a regular news briefing in Beijing.
On Thursday, Reuters reported the US military tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday. The Pentagon said the tests were part of developing the new weapons, calling the three tests successful.
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