These tests make China the second country after the U.S. who did flight experiments with hypersonic vehicle , a technology that allows the soldiers quickly attack targets remotely anywhere in the world.
" We know it's hypersonic test vehicle , but we will not comment on that, " said Lt. Col. Jeff Pool , a spokesman for the Pentagon .
The flight was conducted on January 9 and the Chinese -owned vehicle , dubbed the WU - 14 , estimated at speeds of Mach 10 , or 10 times the speed of sound . According to a report in the Washington Free Beacon , an online media .
State-run broadcasters in China , namely China Radio International , citing the information office of the country 's defense ministry said , "The research and scientific experiments that China planned to normal and is not intended to state or any goal . " Institutions that do not explicitly confirmed or denied these trials .
In its annual report on China's military , not to mention the Pentagon's hypersonic flight test , but said that China has built a hypersonic wind tunnel for a series of experiments .
China's economic strength has prompted emerging military buildup , including investment in an aircraft carrier , anti - ship ballistic missile , a number of satellites , and other hardware .
Three Republican lawmakers from the U.S. , including the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , Howard " Buck " McKeon , expressed concerns related to the trial . They called it a " hypersonic cruise missiles China " and said that the U.S. military has been missed . They say that a series of defense budget cuts have made the superiority of American technology be left behind . Meanwhile, China and a number of other competing countries have made a breakthrough that led to the U.S. left behind .
The United States has placed a high priority in the hypersonic projects , with spending budget of 200 million U.S. dollars in fiscal year 2013 for the three programs while performing a test flight with hypersonic vehicle .
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