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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]
Air-launched ballistic missile. First shown in Airshow China 2022. The missile was marked with the designation 2PZD-21 (Chinese: 配重导弹; pinyin: Pèi zhòng dǎo dàn), which indicates that it is a missile counterweight or inert missile. [7] Four missiles can be carried at once by a H-6K bomber. This missile is derived from YJ-21 [8] or ...
It has a ramjet engine with a solid rocket booster capable of a hypersonic speed of Mach 6 or 2,060 m/s (4,600 mph). It can carry a semi-armor piercing high explosive and fragmentation warhead. The missile is one of the few assets within Taiwan's arsenal which can reach targets in north and central People's Republic of China.
Yong's team said that their computer simulations showed China's hypersonic missiles could travel at speeds of up to Mach 20 and, after an hour of flight, still maintain a velocity of Mach 7 as ...
A US senior defense analyst said China has the world's "leading hypersonic arsenal," which includes the medium-range Dong Feng-17 ballistic missile equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle.
China had made "astounding progress" on hypersonic weapons far more advanced than US officials realized, sources told The Financial Times.
Comparison of Ballistic Missile and Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (C-HGB) Flight Trajectories for the LRHW Program Scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile. A hypersonic weapon is a weapon capable of travelling at hypersonic speed, defined as above Mach 5, or above 5 times the speed of sound. [1]
China and Russia both have competitive hypersonic weapons programs in what has become a geopolitical race to develop and field missiles that can change direction while traveling at several times ...