USA Can’t Shoot Down Incoming N.Korea’s Nuclear Missiles

The U.S. has a system in place guarding it from intercontinental ballistic missiles.
But it’s by no means foolproof.

CHINA has conducted a “world first” ballistic missile test that can come “within meters” of its target, US officials have confirmed.

In November, China’s People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force conducted two flight tests of a new ballistic missile that was attached to a hyper-sonic glide vehicle (HGV).

A HGV is a form of aircraft that is capable of reaching speeds five times faster than the speed of sound, allowing it to deliver nuclear weapons to their target in a matter of seconds.
According to the US official the test was “the first HGV test in the world using a system intended to be fielded operationally”.

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