China’s YKJ-1000 hypersonic missile, capable of Mach 7 speeds and priced at just US$99,000, is reshaping global defence strategy and Indo-Pacific power dynamics. Explore how Lingkong Tianxing’s breakthrough disrupts missile-defence economics and accelerates hypersonic proliferation.
Fortunately, they seem to be threading the needle better than the USSR did - China spends way less of their national productive output on military shit than either the USSR, or the present day USA, while maintaining a very credible defense.
Fortunately, they seem to be threading the needle better than the USSR did - China spends way less of their national productive output on military shit than either the USSR, or the present day USA, while maintaining a very credible defense.