in the four Hypersonic weapon prototype systems that the U.S tested this past summer three of
them were successful and one failed a top Focus for the US has been achieving victories in the
development of hypersonic weapons the defense department is trying to catch up to China which
recently conducted an exercise near Taiwan in which they launched a Hypersonic Glide vehicle
in Russia which employed hypersonics for the first time in a military operation in Ukraine the
perceived lack of progress made by the Pentagon in the creation and use of new Hypersonic weapons has
been the subject of repeated complaints from members of Congress a Hypersonic boost Glide
vehicle called the avant-garde and a Hypersonic short-range ballistic missile called the kinsol
were initially made available by Russia in 2017 and 2019 respectively dong thing 17 a rode mobile
Hypersonic boost Glide system was introduced by China in 2020 and recently China utilizes a
Hypersonic missile to test new space capabilities so here's Elon Musk to update us all hey everyone
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our amazing videos according to mosque Hypersonic missile which does not simply fly on a ballistic
trajectory is generally understood to be one that can maneuver and travel at a speed greater than
five times the speed of sound ballistic missiles like intercontinental ballistic missiles or icbms
are a well understood technology even though their initial speed can exceed mach 20 during a portion
of their flight they are unable to significantly alter their flight path once they are in terminal
phase however up until the terminal part of their flight Hypersonic missiles have the ability to
dramatically alter their course which enables them to avoid defenses and increase their accuracy as
they approach the target three different sorts of Technologies can be distinguished in this group of
weapons in the first category of Technology Warhead moving ballistic missiles are used
the Technologies used to adjust or alter the trajectory of the missile at the conclusion of
its Journey constitute the foundation for these weapons which were developed during the Cold War
the development of icbms or intermediate-range ballistic missiles is made possible by so-called
Marv or maneuverable re-entry vehicle Technologies the objective of the terminal maneuver is to
either change the Impact Zone or acquire an impact trajectory that is harder to predict
like an InterContinental missile it is possible to reduce the requirement for exact trajectories
by using nuclear weapons these technologies have now Advanced enough to enable the re-entry vehicle
to either a rebound at the end of the inertial trajectory thereby extending the range or B enter
the atmosphere in a manner that abruptly degrades the vehicle's kinetic energy it reduces its speed
thereby enabling terminal Maneuvers based on more significant Corrections this maneuver has
the drawback of of requiring the missile to travel at a terminal velocity that is well below mach 20
musk explained the supersonic combustion Ramjet also known as a scramjet is the second type of
technology and it provides continuous thrust in the atmosphere for the entire flight scramjets
have a supersonic compression air entrance as opposed to the typical Ram Jet which interests
the combustion chamber with air traveling at a subsonic speed in contrast to Ram Jets the
scramjet must first be ignited by accelerating the missile to supersonic velocity a fixed attitude
will also be preferred by this weapon during the majority of the trajectory since the scramjet
combustion chamber is tailored for a certain flight profile and the third technique a glider
is fired from a ballistic missile while it is in its Ascent phase and it is then controlled
to bounce against the layers of the atmosphere to increase its range and change course the
terminal vehicle is subjected to extremely high mechanical and thermal stresses as a
result giving it a trajectory that is difficult to predict the initial push in the subsequent profile
of its kinetic energy degradation as it bounces off the layers of the environment will determine
its range and final speed the glider's ultimate velocity will be far lower than its starting
mach 20 possibly even less than Mach 5 just like with the Marv according to musk in August China
conducted a nuclear-capable Hypersonic missile test that zoomed around the world before hitting
its Target this demonstration of a Cutting Edge space capacity took U.S intelligence off guard
according to musk the Chinese military fired a rocket carrying a Hypersonic Glide vehicle
into low orbit space before drifting down toward its Target three people who received
intelligence briefings claimed that the missile missed its Target by a distance of around two
dozen miles however two claim that the tests demonstrated China's incredible progress on
Hypersonic weapons and that it was considerably more advanced than U.S authorities believed the
test has brought up fresh concerns on the reasons why the U.S frequently overestimated
China's military modernization hypersonic weapons are being developed by the US Russia and China
and they include Glide vehicles that orbit the planet propelled by their own momentum
after being launched into space on a rocket they travel at a speed that is five times slower than
sound than a ballistic missile however because they may maneuver and do not follow a fixed
parabolic trajectory like a ballistic missile they are more difficult to track musk's stated
according to musk China May negate U.S missile defense systems that are intended to shoot down
incoming ballistic missiles by using Hypersonic Glide Vehicles equipped with nuclear warheads
Hypersonic Glide Vehicles May maneuver while in flight and fly at lower trajectories which makes
them challenging to track and obliterate musk further stated that the full development and use
of such a weapon by China would be destabilizing but he issued a warning that a test did not imply
that Beijing would use the capabilities as Beijing continues to bolster its conventional
military forces it engages in more assertive military Behavior near Taiwan there is growing
concern regarding China's nuclear capability as a result of the bite administration's firm stands
toward Beijing which has accused Washington of being overly aggressive tensions between the
U.S and China have increased moreover many of the military research organizations at the Forefront
of China's Hypersonic and missile programs are on the U.S export Blacklist but they are
also buying a variety of specialized American Technology including items made by companies
that have received millions of dollars in Grants and contracts from the Pentagon according to an
investigation musk stated the investigation reveals that The Cutting Edge software items
are purchased by these military organizations from private Chinese companies that then resell
them in defiance of U.S export rules meant to stop sales or resales to foreign organizations deemed a
danger to U.S national security researchers at the vast network of Chinese military research
institutes and the companies that support them claim in interviews that American Technology
such as highly specialized Aeronautical Engineering software fills important gaps
in domestic technology and is essential to the advancement of Chinese weaponry
musk went on saying that according to a federal program database some of the American companies
whose goods are being used by Chinese military research organizations have benefited from defense
department grants intended to promote Cutting Edge Innovation this raises the possibility that the
Pentagon is funding Chinese military advancements the difficulty that Washington faces in attempting
to stop China's military from utilizing American innovation is highlighted by the continual flow
of high-end software to a crucial field of research where the Chinese military threatens
to surpass the United States scientists need to find solutions to complex physics issues
related to missile flight in order to construct a Hypersonic missile according to report by Chinese
experts the time and resources required for such testing can be reduced by using commercial
American software which is the result of years often Decades of research and development a number
of computer-aided engineering software programs including Aero elasticity software are part of the
technology being purchased these programs can can be used to model and examine the harsh physical
conditions that Airborne vehicles must enter without depending primarily on more expensive
wind tunnel experiments and live drills it enables scientists to simulate designs and evaluate them
Hardware like interferometers which scientists can use to record extremely accurate data during wind
tunnel tests as another item sold musk finally stated so that's going to end today's episode we
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