Chinese scientists eye hypersonic weapon able to ‘fry’ telecoms systems in 10 seconds
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Sep 26 2021 at 10:00 AM GMT
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- Defeat an army without a fight and without casualties' Quite possible, if a new type of hypersonic weapon proposed by a team of rocket scientists in China becomes reality.
- Designed to generate intense electromagnetic pulse capable of wiping out communication and power supply lines, the weapon would have a range of 3,000km – about the distance from China’s east coast to Guam.
- Cruising at six times the speed of sound, it would cover this distance in 25 minutes.
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- Published Sep 26, 2021 10:00 AM GMT