Several countries are developing aerial hypersonic weapons. WARP SPEED China ‘building 12,000MPH hypersonic jet engine that could fly planes or missiles anywhere on Earth in two hours’ The DF-ZF is designed to be mounted on a DF-17, a type of ballistic missile specifically designed to carry HGVs. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0) The Chinese military recently held a drill that may have featured a new Chinese hypersonic missile that has the ability to hit U.S. bases in the Indo-Pacific region. China tests three types of hypersonic missiles D18-1S, D18-2S and D18-3S at one go This was China’s first test of this type of hypersonic aircraft, whose speed will be adjustable, meaning its scientists are working on another major aim – precision strike – towards an unstoppable nuclear-capable weapon. China 'conducts fourth hypersonic missile test' as tensions with US mount over contested South China Sea islands. The United States, Russia and China are developing hypersonic weapons — missiles that carry warheads through the atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound. The DF-17 is a medium-range ballistic missile that is mounted to a DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV). The weapon travels at up to 10 times the speed of sound China, Russia, and the United States are furthest along. China boosts its attack range with launch of mysterious new hypersonic cruise missile, insiders say Sources close to military and a social media video suggest PLA has weapon with greater speed … It comes just days after the US Air Force mounted an advanced stealth cruise missile on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, as the US, Russia and China race to master hypersonic weaponry for warfare. DF-17 missiles are a danger to American assets in the Indo-Pacific. Hypersonic weapons are capable of flying faster than Mach 5 — much faster than the speed of sound — and can maneuver between varying altitudes and azimuths, making it harder to detect. China and Russia claim to have already deployed operational missiles equipped with an HGV—the DF-17 and Avangard systems, respectively. As yet there are no planes or missile designs that are capable of attaining that speed. China successfully flight tested its new high-speed maneuvering warhead last week, days after Russia carried out its own hypersonic glider test, according to Pentagon officials. The DF-ZF is a Chinese hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), previously denoted by the Pentagon as WU-14 and currently officially operational on October 1st, 2019, in the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Russia may also be nearing deployment of a hypersonic cruise missile, the 3M-22 “Tsirkon.”