China Says Conducted Final Test of Secretive Hypersonic Air-to-Air Missile
Published on January 28, 2025
China has reportedly completed the final test of its highly classified hypersonic air-to-air missile, which is said to pose an unprecedented threat to America’s B-21 stealth bomber.
Citing scientists involved in the project, the South China Morning Post revealed that the hypersonic weapon underwent rigorous heat-resistance testing to meet the stringent standards of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The testing took place in an arc-heated wind tunnel designed to simulate extreme environments.
“By heating the gas with an electric arc, [this type of tunnel] can generate hot air flows reaching thousands to tens of thousands of degrees Celsius,” project lead Cheng Gong and Huang Yimin of the China Airborne Missile Academy wrote.