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Could China make a sea-skimming hypersonic missile a real nightmare for the US?

South China Morning Post / 19 June 2026 / 8h ago

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A Chinese hypersonic missile faster than five times the speed of sound, racing just above the sea surface, while staying below the radar horizon. Could this be a new nightmare for the US Navy? Possibly, if a new ambitious low-altitude hypersonic flight research programme launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Monday yields results. The programme will look into the technology that cou

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