China's New Strategic Weapon Has 'Unlimited Range.' Here's What That Means for US.

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🗓️ 12 November 2021

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Summary

China has reportedly tested a new strategic weapon: a fractional orbital bombardment system armed with a hypersonic glide vehicle. What exactly does this weapon do and what is the threat to the United States?

Peter Brookes, a senior research fellow focusing on weapons of mass destruction and counterproliferation at The Heritage Foundation, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to shed some light on this startling development. (The Daily Signal is Heritage's multimedia news organization.)

"This weapon—because of its unlimited range—could be flown over the South Pole towards the United States, which would give it certain capabilities that would be difficult to defend against," Brookes explains. "For years and years, going back to the Cold War, we have developed our radar capabilities looking towards things coming over the North Pole or from east and west, and not from the south."

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Friday, November 12th.
0:09.8	I'm Virginia Allen.
0:11.0	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:12.6	The Daily Signal team took Thursday off to commemorate Veterans Day, so we don't have
0:17.1	any headlines to share with you today.
0:19.2	However, please enjoy this interview from Christian Misowik, as he speaks with the Heritage
0:23.4	Foundation's Peter Brooks on China's recent hypersonic missile launch.
0:39.2	This is Christian Misowik, and our guest today is Peter Brooks, the Heritage Foundation's
0:43.9	Senior Research Fellow for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Counter-Proliferation.
0:48.5	Peter, thanks so much for joining me today.
0:50.8	Good to meet you.
0:51.8	You recently published an article on the Daily Signal about how China tested a new hypersonic
0:56.7	weapon over the summer.
0:58.8	Now I'd like to talk more about what hypersonic weapons are and how they work, but before
1:03.7	we get to that, what did these tests mean for the U.S.?
1:07.4	What is the potential impact on America and other countries?
1:10.6	Well, it's not good news.
1:13.6	This new weapon is troubling, and it's more than just a hypersonic weapon.
1:19.5	Also, what the Chinese call a fractional orbital bombardment system, but we can get more
1:25.6	into that later on.
1:27.4	But yeah, this challenges our interest, and it's part of the China's recent increase in
1:33.1	the capabilities of their strategic forces.
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