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La folle corsa dei missili ipersonici di Cina e Stati Uniti

Military vehicles, carrying DF-17, roll down as members of a Chinese military honor guard march during the parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. China's military has shown off a new hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile believed capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the U.S. and its allies. The vehicle-mounted DF-17 was among weapons displayed Tuesday in a massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese state.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Military vehicles, carrying DF-17, roll down as members of a Chinese military honor guard march during the parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. China's military has shown off a new hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile believed capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the U.S. and its allies. The vehicle-mounted DF-17 was among weapons displayed Tuesday in a massive military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese state.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
  • Il capo di stato maggiore degli Stati Uniti ha definito il test cinese di un missile “ipersonico”, rivelato nei giorni scorsi dal Financial Times, un «momento Sputnik”.
  • “Ipersonici” sono tutti i missili in grado di volare a velocità comprese tra Mach 5 (6.125,22 km/h) e Mach 10 (12.250,44 km/h). Sono progettati per partire da aerei, navi, rampe mobili e basi di lancio spaziali. La Cina li ha mostrati al mondo nel 2019.
  • Il budget del Pentagono per gli “ipersonici” è in costante aumento (2,6 miliardi di dollari nel 2020, 3,2 miliardi quest’anno e 3,8 miliardi per il 2022).

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