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| Artist's impression of a hypersonic technology vehicle HTV-2 |
It sounds like something straight out of a Bond movie. A nuclear-capable missile designed to bypass any missile defence system, slicing through the air at 10 times the speed of sound, with unpredictable trajectories while travelling at the edge of space.
But this is not some far fetched concept from Tony Stark's arsenal. China's hypersonic glide missile, dubbed the "Wu-14" by the pentagon, recently passed it's fourth testing on June 7 with flying colours. Reports say that it was able to successfully execute manoeuvres that proved it capable of penetrating the US's defence system.
US intelligence officials are understandably paranoid about the new weapon, describing the tests as "extreme manoeuvres". The Washington Free Beacon, a US online paper, states in it's report "The Wu-14 ... is designed to penetrate US missile defence systems". China's Defence Ministry has firmly stated that "The scheduled scientific research and experiments in our territory are normal, and those tests are not targeted at any country and specific goals."
