Science.Org presenta un interesante video, en el que se expone el estado de avance de los diferentes proyectos de sistemas de armas hipers\u00f3nicas, por parte de grandes Potencias como EUA, Rusia y China. Las mismas se encuentran comprometidas en una verdadera carrera por disponer de estos sistemas de armas, que por sus caracter\u00edsticas de extrema velocidad y alta maniobrabilidad, son considerados potencialmente disruptivos.<\/p>\n
In August 2018, high in the sky over northeastern China, the Xingkong-2 hypersonic cruise missile raced at Mach 6, or six times the speed of sound, bobbing and weaving through the atmosphere. This byproduct of the rapidly developing field of hypersonic weapons is merely one of at least three such missiles purportedly in China\u2019s arsenal. Meanwhile, Russia and the United States are in the thick of developing hypersonic weapons of their own. At the heart of this technology, which is now undefendable according to sources in the U.S. military, lies a wickedly simple engine, known as a scramjet. \u201cAir-breathing\u201d scramjets enable these weapons to expertly maneuver at a hypersonic pace\u2014speeds of Mach 5 or greater\u2014making them extremely difficult to track and neutralize. Their potential has led to what is essentially a modern \u201cspace race,\u201d<\/a> in which China, Russia, and the United States are jockeying to deploy accurate, highly functional hypersonic weapons.<\/p>\n