by Jonathan Marcus
Institute of Strategy and Security University of Exeter
China is reportedly testing a hypersonic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. Many said the technological advances were shocking to the US authorities.
Two times this past summer, the Chinese military launched rockets into space, circling the Earth before hitting its target. The Financial Times reported, citing information from people who received the intelligence: in the first rocket launch The rocket missed the target about 40 km.
US politicians and observers Some people are shocked at how advanced China’s technology is. The Chinese government hastened to deny it, saying it was only testing the reusable spacecraft.
Aaron Stein, research director at the Foreign Policy Institute in Philadelphia, said it’s possible that both the Financial Times’ coverage and China’s denials were “innocuous.” true
He explained that reusable spaceships are gliders for hypersonic missiles. The FOB (Fractional Orbital Bombardment System) that uses a glider propels the missile for a certain period of time before it hits a target from an angle that the defenders don’t expect from a glider. The same goes for the recycled spaceships.
in the past few months top US officials Many people have already hinted that China has developed this technology.
However, the FOB system is not new at all. It was something the Soviet Union was trying to develop during the Cold War, and it looks like China is now trying to achieve it.
What China seems to have accomplished is to combine FOB technology with supersonic gliders. It glides along the edge of the atmosphere, allowing it to avoid radar and missile defense systems.
Jeffrey Lewis of the International Research Institute in Monterey. California says China fears the United States will use both modern nuclear weapons and missile defenses to tackle its nuclear deterrents.
Lewis said that if the United States started attacking China first US missile defense system In Alaska it will be able to deal with a small number of nuclear weapons that will survive the attack.
Aaron Stein said nuclear-powered powers were developing hypersonic missile technology. but for different reasons And for these different reasons, each country became paranoid with one another. And that leads to an arms race between them.
The research director at the Philadelphia Institute of Foreign Policy said that while China and Russia believe hypersonic technology will help defeat missile defenses, the United States plans to use the technology to hit targets. such as a structure that reinforces the base for the control and control of nuclear weapons
while some support the US develop nuclear weapons to be more modern Some experts say this is not a new threat. James Acton of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the United States is vulnerable to nuclear attacks by China. since at least the 1980s
However, he thinks China, Russia and North Korea’s nuclear weapons program Which is being accelerated to develop heavily should make the United States Reconsider whether the restrictive treaties still benefit the United States. are you
Lewis said what matters now is the United States. should come to the right conclusion from this point. Otherwise, it’s just like after 9/11 when fear and vulnerability have driven the United States. Execute foreign policies that make the country less safe than before
He said the withdrawal from the anti-missile treaty (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) of the United States is a factor that has led China to develop this technology more than any other factor.
besides China North Korea is also trying to improve its nuclear weapons capabilities, with Ankit Panda from the Carnegie Endowment Fund. He said the reason why it was important was to gain respect as a country on par with the United States. when it comes to diplomatic negotiations in the future
These problems will only add to the headache of Biden’s government and arms control treaties resulting from the collapse of the Cold War. as well as growing tensions with China and Russia. didn’t help
Angkit Panda sees that it is important that the US It could be done by slowing the growing arms race by negotiating a limited agreement on missile development as it did during the Cold War.
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