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WZ-8 (Chinese: 无侦-8; pinyin: Wú Zhēn-bā; lit. 'unmanned recon-8'), is an unmanned aerial vehicle produced by Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). [1] Introduced during China's 70th anniversary military parade, the drone is intended to conduct strategic aerial reconnaissance across southeast Asia, particularly Taiwan, South ...
MD-22 (Chinese: 鸣镝-22 / 鸣镝-二十二; pinyin: míng dí-22 / míng dí-èrshíèr) is a hypersonic unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by the CAS Institute of Mechanics and the Guangdong Aerodynamic Research Academy (GARA), this Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, the MD-22, is a near-space hypersonic technology demonstrator and test platform.
A model appeared at the 2006 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. [5] The first flight has not occurred as of 2011. The drone conducted radar cross-section testing. [5] The WZ-7 entered serial production in 2015 to 2016. [2] A complete redesign of WZ-7 was observed in 2020 with the Chinese Air Force roundel.
A young team of Chinese scientists say a hypersonic missile could fly further and longer by bouncing bounce off the Earth's atmosphere.
Since then, China has continued to advance its science and technology and is now home to the world’s most powerful hypersonic wind tunnel, the JF-22, which can simulate the conditions in which a ...
The top U.S. military officer, General Mark Milley, has provided the first official U.S. confirmation of a Chinese hypersonic weapons test that military experts say appears to show Beijing's ...
The DF-ZF is a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) developed by the People's Republic of China. It is launched by the DF-17 medium-range ballistic missile. The combined weapon system was likely operational by October 2019. [2] [3] The United States once referred to the DF-ZF as the WU-14. [1] The DF-17 was previously referred to as the DF-ZF. [2]
An image of a full-scale mock-up or demonstrator emerged in mid-2018. It was at least 12 meters long and shared low-observability features with contemporary Chinese aircraft including a diverterless supersonic inlet. [2] [3] The drone could potentially be paired with Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter, specifically the twin-seat J-20S for aircraft ...