France's recent record has successfully completed the flight test of the hypersonic missile "V-MAX", which is a major progress in this field for France, and has also made France the first country in Europe to master hypersonic technology and join the "hypersonic missile club".
According to reports, the "V-MAX" is a gliding vehicle, that is, a warhead, launched into the air by a booster rocket, and then flies at hypersonic speed, which can carry out multiple maneuvers and orbit changes, improving penetration and escape capabilities. The specific parameters of this ** have not yet been disclosed, but it is assumed that it has a length of about 2 meters, a range of about 3000 kilometers and a flight speed of up to Mach 5-6.
V-MAX "may have adopted a wedge-shaped structure, which is conducive to increased maneuverability and stealth, increasing the difficulty of interception, but also means a smaller warhead and weaker firepower. However, this does not affect the strategic value of the "V-MAX", which can take France's military strength to the next level, improve the French Navy's long-range high-speed anti-ship capabilities, and can also quickly strike enemy targets in a conflict.
France's breakthrough in the field of hypersonic technology surprised the international community and embarrassed the United States. Although the United States began to study hypersonic technology as early as the 90s of the last century, it has not achieved substantial results, and flight tests have repeatedly failed, far behind China and Russia, and now it has been surpassed by France and lost its leading position in this field.
It is said that France is also working on the "nuclear hypersonic air-launched cruise missile" project, and more breakthroughs are expected in the future. Some netizens commented that the reason why France dared to preach Europe's strategic autonomy was because its hypersonic missile program had made significant progress, which made France's military strength soar.
Some commentators believe that the backwardness of the United States in military technology reflects the trend of decline in the United States. At present, the international pattern is becoming multipolar, many countries are "de-dollarizing", the US economy is declining, and the military is backward, all of which are evidence of the decline of US strength. Although the United States still has certain advantages, with the passage of time, its unilateralist and hegemonic policies will be resisted by the international community, and the United States will have to face the reality of decline.