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Jan182014
An Anti-US Missile Defense Weapon?
Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 04:05PM Ibtimes.com
The test, conducted on Jan. 9, was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon on Jan. 13 and confirmed by China’s Ministry of National Defense on Thursday. However, China denied initial reports that the weapon was designed with the purpose of penetrating U.S. missile defenses.
The hypersonic glide vehicle was launched atop an intercontinental ballistic missile and released about 62 miles into the air. The speed test clocked the hypersonic glider zooming along at roughly 10 times the speed of sound.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that the Pentagon has named the weapon WU-14, though its sources were kept anonymous.
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