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If extradited to US, Colombian coke capo will have a lot of company. ABC News See more videos. Click to expand. Replay Video. Load Error. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Found the story interesting? Like us on Facebook to see similar stories. I'm already a fan, don't show this again. Send MSN Feedback. How can we improve? It comes after it was revealed that China carried out a second test of what is believed to be a hypersonic orbital missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, intelligence sources have claimed.
The new test is believed to have taken place on August 13 and involved a similar 'hypersonic glide vehicle' to one launched into space on board a Long March rocket in July, which was first reported earlier this week. The new technology is reported to have caught US officials off guard, particularly as the system 'defies the laws of physics' and appears superior to anything in the American arsenal. Beijing has acknowledged one of the tests, claiming it launched a 'peaceful' civilian spacecraft.
But analysts believe the craft can actually be tipped with a nuclear warhead which would be able to evade missile defenses. ABC News cited a US official on Thursday who said that a booster rocket with a hypersonic glide body attached failed to launch during a launch test at Kodiak, Alaska.
The image above shows a March 19, test of the joint Army-Navy common hypersonic glide body C-HGB that is being developed for launch from both land and submarine. Although the Army has not revealed how far or fast the C-HGB flew in the test launch, the Pentagon has previously said that this weapon would allow the Army and Navy to 'strike targets hundreds and even thousands of miles away' and that it will get up to a speed of Mach Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, or about 3, miles per hour.
These tests 'demonstrated advanced hypersonic technologies, capabilities, and prototype systems in a realistic operating environment,' the Pentagon said in a statement.
The United States has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early s.
Companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Technologies are working to develop the hypersonic weapon capability for the United States. Meanwhile, analysts are busy trying to decipher what China has managed to test in the hypersonic realm.
Government scientists are struggling to work out exactly what the new Chinese craft is capable of, with one source telling the Financial Times that it appears to 'defy the laws of physics' and is unlike any technology the US has. The White House has refused to comment, while the US Department of Defense has refused to confirm or deny the existence of any hypersonic weapons tests. China is thought to have carried out two tests of a hypersonic orbital nuke - the first on July 27 and the second on August 13 this year.
It is designed to evade powerful US radar systems and anti-missile defences designed to shoot down traditional ICBMs by flying in low-Earth orbit, making it harder to spot, track and destroy. China, the US and Russia are engaged in a global arms race that now includes the development of hypersonic missile technology. Here, the MailOnline has compared from left each country's main nuclear weapon, the latest hypersonic technology they have tested, their most up-to-date aircraft carriers, main battle tanks, and cutting-edge jets.
China launched the dummy weapon into space on board a Long March 2C rocket pictured during a test in mid-August which it did not disclose at the time and was only revealed at the weekend by security analysts assigned to work out its purpose.
Intelligence sources say Beijing has tested two nuclear-capable hypersonic vehicles that flew around the planet in low-Earth orbit before coming back down. If confirmed - Beijing denies it, saying it actually tested a civilian spacecraft - then it marks a major jump in the country's nuclear programme, though the concept itself is nothing new. The idea behind China's 'new' weapon actually came from the Soviets, who developed it during the Cold War.
Those systems work by detecting launches of ICBMs - very long-range missiles that can be tipped with nuclear warheads - tracking them into space and then firing at the warheads as they come down in the hope of blowing them up before they hit their targets. This is possible because ICBMs and their warheads follow a predictable trajectory that rises high above the horizon - making them relatively easy to spot and allowing defence crews to calculate where they are aimed so they can be shot out of the sky.
FOBS is designed to negate these defences by firing warheads along a much-flatter trajectory that is assisted by Earth's gravity. This means the warheads pass under the scope of many radar detection arrays and are harder to track. It also makes the warheads much harder to shoot down because their trajectory is harder to calculate. In addition, using orbit to carry the warheads makes their range potentially unlimited, meaning they can be fired at its target from any direction.
This helps to avoid radar systems which are generally pointed at a fixed spot in the sky - in America's case, over the North Pole. Soviet Russia had a FOBS system - comprising, at its peak, of 18 RO missiles - which were active from until when it scuttled the programme in response to changes in America's missile defence systems.
China now appears to be pursuing the technology anew, while coupling it with a new 'hypersonic glide vehicle' to carry the warheads. The 'HGV' is thought to make the warhead easier to manouevre while in orbit and increase its accuracy.
Russia and the US are both developing HGVs of their own, though neither has put them to use in the same way as Beijing. Moscow has one that can be fitted to its latest Satan 2 ICBM, while the US is working on one that can be launched from a B bomber - though two recent tests of the system have failed. The first test was disclosed earlier this week, when the FT quoted five intelligence sources who said that China had tested what appeared to be an orbital hypersonic nuclear missile some time in early or mid-August.
Beijing subsequently acknowledged the test, but said it had taken place on July Intelligence sources now believe the test which the FT initially reported and the test acknowledged by the Chinese are different. The newspaper now reports that the first test took place on July 27, before a second test of the same technology a little over two weeks later, on August Soviets developed the technology to get around powerful US radar arrays designed to detect the launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles ICBMs tipped with nukes, and defence systems designed to shoot them down.
FOBS works by putting the nuclear warheads into a low-Earth orbit, allowing them to circle the globe and manoeuvre in flight before coming down on their targets. But it certainly rhymes.
And I was thinking about this particular episode recently when it was reported earlier this week that China has just successfully tested its first nuclear-capable hypersonic missile. For the past several decades, the United States has boasted the strongest, most technologically advanced military in the world. The United States Marine Corps is essentially the biggest derivatives contract in the world. China could destroy the United States in cyberwarfare. But even in conventional warfare, China is gaining rapidly.
And this is important because one of the biggest roles of a modern navy is to project military firepower over great distances. China is investing heavily in this capability, feverishly building new ships and developing new technology.
It has massive stockpiles of cruise missiles, most of which have larger payloads and longer range than comparable US weaponry. The balance of power is shifting right in front of their very eyes.
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