I read about this story the other day in a headline on Financial Times. the pay wall stopped me from reading the story & I searched to find another source, I didn’t find one. I was surfing the twitter & saw the tweet again. I found another source this time on yahoo, by Business Insider.
China's new hypersonic missile demonstrated an advanced space capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, report says
China demonstrated advanced space capability by testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, the Financial Times reported, citing five sources familiar with the test.
The hypersonic glide vehicle launched by the Chinese military circled the globe in low-orbit space before speeding towards its target, sources told the paper.
Although the missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles, the test demonstrated China's advanced space capability and took US intelligence by surprise, sources told the Financial Times.
"We have no idea how they did this," another source told the paper.
The missiles fly at low-altitude trajectories at more than five times the speed of sound.
So if you put into the equation Taiwan?
News of the test comes amid increasing tensions between China and the US, as China increases its military activity near Taiwan.
The story says the missile missed it’s target by about 2 dozen miles.