An image of a hypersonic glider-like object broadcast by Chinese state media in October 2017. No known images of the DF-17's hypersonic glide vehicle exist in the public domain. Image Credit: CCTV screen capture via East Pendulum
The Diplomat: Introducing the DF-17: China's Newly Tested Ballistic Missile Armed With a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle
The DF-17 is the first hypersonic glide vehicle-equipped missile intended for operational deployment ever tested.
China carried out the first flight-tests of a new kind of ballistic missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) in November, The Diplomat has learned.
According to a U.S. government source who described recent intelligence assessments on the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) on the condition of anonymity, China recently conducted two tests of a new missile known as the DF-17.
The first test took place on November 1 and the second test took place on November 15. The November 1 test was the first Chinese ballistic missile test to take place after the conclusion of the first plenum of the Communist Party of China’s 19th Party Congress in October.
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WNU Editor: I could be wrong, but I have been following developments in hypersonic glide technology and its military applications for the past few years, and I am getting the impression that the Chinese are ahead of everyone in actually deploying a working system.
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