Hypersonic missiles are a completely new concept of the missile class** System, compared with traditional ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles have the following characteristics, one is to have no less than ballistic missiles to penetrate the speed, the second is to have the ability of cruise missiles to maneuver and change orbits, the third is to be able to fly and maneuver in the atmosphere, there is no fixed trajectory, for air defense and anti-missile systems, it is impossible to set the best interception point by calculating the flight trajectory to carry out interception, so that hypersonic missiles have a higher penetration capability than tactical ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. 
Characteristics of hypersonic missile flight In the field of hypersonic **, the United States is the earliest country to develop, but at present, China is the country with the fastest development speed, the most comprehensive model and the strongest momentum. A few days ago, the Hong Kong media "South China Morning Post" published an article disclosed: A ** article by researchers from the National University of Defense Technology of the People's Liberation Army shows that the new combat mode of near-air combat is developing rapidly, and the PLA has established a near-air command for this purpose, and has a command professional hypersonic ** force, which can directly report to the highest level of the PLA. 
Screenshot of the Hong Kong media report, based on the content disclosed by the Hong Kong media and the current understanding and attention of various countries to hypersonic speed, near-air combat has become an important field that determines the success or failure of modern warfare, and in the field of near-air combat, hypersonic missiles are the absolute main force!But it is not easy to build a hypersonic force, first of all, you must have the technical strength to develop hypersonic missiles, at present, the only country that really has a comprehensive and mature mastery of hypersonic missile technology is China, Russia has also developed in depth in this field, and the United States has actually lagged behind China and Russia in this field. 
China has publicly displayed the DF-17 hypersonic missile at the military parade in 2019, and in April and November 2022, China has displayed the carrier-based version of the YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile and the air-based version of the YJ-21 hypersonic missile. Russia currently also has several hypersonic missiles, including the "Zircons" and "Dagger", although Russia's hypersonic missiles are not particularly mature in technology, for example, the "Dagger" missile is actually the air-based version of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile, and the air mobility capability is actually very poor, but Russia's hypersonic missiles are also stronger than the United States. 
The United States is the first country to carry out hypersonic research and development, and in the 90s of the 20th century, the U.S. military planned to develop a "fast eagle" hypersonic missile that "hit the world in one hour", but in this field, the United States is thundering and raining, until 2019, China's Dongfeng-17 has been publicly unveiled, and the U.S. military's hypersonic missile has not yet had a shadow. After seeing China's Dongdong-17, the U.S. military was obviously anxious, and hurriedly launched an LRHW "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missile in 2021, not to mention that this missile has not been able to form combat effectiveness for a long time, and the flight speed of up to Mach 5 can only be regarded as just touching the threshold of hypersonic missiles. 
Of course, if the hypersonic missile wants to have a strong combat capability, it must also have the support of the entire combat system, such as the acquisition of the target, continuous tracking and positioning, etc., without the support of this combat system, the actual combat power of the hypersonic missile will drop by half, and this combat system relies on traditional reconnaissance aircraft, etc. In recent years, China has made tremendous progress in the field of satellites and large airships, which means that China not only has advanced and comprehensive hypersonic missiles, but also has a new combat system that supports hypersonic missile operations. 
Hypersonic missiles need a complete combat system to improve actual combat capabilitiesHong Kong media believes that China has comprehensively led the United States in the field of hypersonic missiles, and the South China Morning Post reported in July this year: A report released by Middlebury University in the United States said that the ** Analysis and other means, it is believed that the PLA Rocket Force has begun to deploy Dongfeng-17 hypersonic missiles on a large scale in the southeast coastal area closest to the Taiwan Strait, and the Rocket Force plans to replace all the tactical ballistic missiles originally deployed here with this new missile, and the number of deployments in the future may reach thousands!
Although the report of Middlebury University in the United States is groundless, hypersonic missiles have become another "killer" equipment of the PLA, which is beyond doubt!In recent years, the United States has continued to equip Taiwan Province with equipment in spite of China's strong opposition, trying to arm the island of Taiwan into a thorny "hedgehog", and at the same time, the US military has continued to hold war games on the Taiwan Strait. 
The US Navy's aircraft carrier battle group, the US military's current combat system, is obviously unable to effectively intercept the Dongfeng-17 hypersonic missile, Dongfeng-26 anti-ship ballistic missile, such new missile systems, if the US military intervenes by force in a possible conflict in the Taiwan Strait, then they will face an unimaginable strike from the PLA, and then the US aircraft carrier battle group and all military bases in the western Pacific will be attacked by the US military's powerless resistance!