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Ukraine catches Chinese spies trying to steal secrets of missile that sank Russia’s flagship (euromaidanpress.com)
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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep. Because China's hypersonics, aren't.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Aren't what?

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They are not

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Actually hypersonics. They only hit hypersonic speed during their ascent. Not during target acquisition, and descent. The US is only just starting to deploy real hypersonics, and they're still a bit temperamental, but accurate as long as they make it to the target.

This also applies to the Russian "hypersonic" missiles. They aren't hypersonics.