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Here's the original FT article: https://www.ft.com/content/ba0a3cde-719b-4040-93cb-a486e1f843fb https://www.ft.com/content/ba0a3cde-719b-4040-93cb-a486e1f84...

Here's the original FT article: https://www.ft.com/content/ba0a3cde-719b-4040-93cb-a486e1f843fb https://www.ft.com/content/ba0a3cde-719b-4040-93cb-a486e1f84... The surprise isn't the development of hypersonic tech, it's how this was done and the capabilities. The DF-17 mentioned in comments is a relatively well-known missile, with about 2,000 km of range, and delivers a hypersonic glide vehicle called DF-ZF. What happened here is a Long March orbital rocket put a DF-ZF or secret version into space, it orbited the globe, then essentially launched from space at a ground target.

tablespoon 5y ago
> What happened here is a Long March orbital rocket put a DF-ZF or secret version into space, it orbited the globe, then essentially launched from space at a ground target. That sounds like a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment...