{"id":249231,"date":"2022-02-05T08:16:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T08:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=249231"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T09:45:40","slug":"china-unveils-plans-for-winged-rocket-7000-mph-hypersonic-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=249231","title":{"rendered":"China unveils plans for \u2018winged rocket\u2019 7,000 mph hypersonic plane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tariq Tahir \u2013 The New York Post Feb 2, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Plans for a hypersonic plane capable of flying between Beijing and New York in an hour have been unveiled by a Chinese company.<\/p>\n

The \u201crocket with wings\u201d is being designed to fly at an astonishing 7,000 miles per hour and tests are reportedly due to begin next year.<\/p>\n

Scientists hope it will be ready to take to the air by 2024.<\/p>\n

The futuristic plane is being developed by Space Transportation, which hopes to conduct a full point-to-point flight by the end of the decade,\u00a0reports Space.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

A video released by the company shows the plane detaching from the wing powered by rockets after take-off, before continuing to its destination.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the wing and boosters then land back on the launch pad.<\/p>\n

When it arrives, the plane will land using three legs that unfold from the rear.<\/p>\n

The company boasts it will be able to link New York with the capital of\u00a0China\u00a0in just an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are developing a winged rocket for high-speed, point-to-point transportation, which is lower in cost than rockets that carry satellites and faster than traditional aircraft,\u201d the firm told Chinese media.<\/p>\n

Hypersonic aircraft are\u00a0chief among China\u2019s hi-tech plans\u00a0with the country continuing to pour large sums of money and resources into the sector.<\/p>\n

At the end of last year, plans for an aircraft that can transport ten people anywhere on Earth in one hour were unveiled.<\/p>\n

The prototype has a pair of delta wings similar to those of the French and British designed Concorde, but with tips pointing up.<\/p>\n

The proposed 148-foot hypersonic plane is larger than a Boeing 737 and has two engines mounted on top of its main body, reported the\u00a0South China Morning Post.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Communist giant has also been\u00a0developing a 6,000 mph nuke missile engine<\/a>\u00a0which is reportedly based on a design abandoned by Nasa because it cost too much.<\/p>\n

US intelligence and military officials were reportedly left stunned last summer after China launched a rocket in space<\/a> carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle that circled the globe before speeding towards its target.<\/p>\n

The nuke-capable missile missed its target by about two-dozen miles when it was secretly launched in August, intelligence sources told the\u00a0Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Space Transportation announced last August that it had\u00a0raised $46 million<\/a>\u00a0for its hypersonic space plane plans.<\/p>\n

The company has recently been conducting a number of tests of its Tianxing 1 and Tianxing 2 vehicles.<\/p>\n

A 10th flight test was conducted on January 23, followed by\u00a0another test<\/a>\u00a0in collaboration with a combustion laboratory at Beijing\u2019s Tsinghua University.<\/p>\n

This story originally appeared\u00a0on The Sun<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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