China successfully tested a hypersonic vehicle with a flight speed of Mach 12.

Foreign Media: China Successfully Tests Hypersonic Aircraft

The Northwestern Polytechnical University of China recently successfully test-flighted the "Feitian-2" hypersonic aircraft, with a speed of Mach 12 (about 14,800 kilometers per hour), far exceeding the hypersonic standard of Mach 5.

The aircraft innovatively integrates a rocket and a ramjet engine into one unit and successfully switches the power system during autonomous flight, overcoming extreme flight environments such as high temperature and pressure. This test demonstrates China's breakthrough capability in the field of hypersonic technology.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office once pointed out that hypersonic weapons pose a challenge to existing defense systems due to their low altitude and unpredictable trajectory.

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