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[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yep. Because China's hypersonics, aren't.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

They are not

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Actually hypersonics. They only hit hypersonic speed during their ascent. Not during target acquisition, and descent. The US is only just starting to deploy real hypersonics, and they're still a bit temperamental, but accurate as long as they make it to the target.

This also applies to the Russian "hypersonic" missiles. They aren't hypersonics.