Weapons

China successfully tests 7,000mph hypersonic glide vehicle capable of 'delivering nuclear weapons through sophisticated missile defence shields'

China has reportedly tested a new hypersonic glide vehicle capable of travelling at up to 7,000mph and designed to deliver nuclear weapons through missile defence shields.

The DF-ZF glider was fixed to a ballistic missile and launched from Wuzhai missile launch centre in central China, it has been reported.

It comes after Russia staged similar tests in Orenburg, near the border with Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

Free Beacon cites Pentagon officials as saying China successfully tested a flight of its new high-speed manoeuvring warhead last week.

It was reportedly the seventh test of the glider which was flown at thousands of miles an hour and west by the edge of the atmosphere.