The test conducted on July 27 may indicate a breakthrough in hypersonic technologies made by China, says the American edition of The Drive.
The publication claims that during the test, a certain product, probably a guided missile, was disconnected from the Chinese hypersonic aircraft, the goals and objectives of which remain unclear for the United States.
"Separation of the payload in the atmosphere at hypersonic speed with the help of a planning device may well indicate a significant technological breakthrough," the publication writes.
A similar test, citing its own sources, was reported in November by the Financial Times.
In the same month, the deputy chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General John Hyten, spoke about the tests of a hypersonic missile in China.
In October, General Hyten said that China is ahead of Russia in the development of hypersonic weapons.
Ivan Potapov
