![The Chinese Communist Party keeps a close eye on the country’s media and routinely suppresses stories it's not comfortable with Hypersonic glide vehicle](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAHx_f8Gdq5T_JRfvMW9ivKHOZrB_GI5iSGfUvLhYxaHeiJhipG094TGcuS0AJqvYmv7FqaEoOr3Ks38qmALNmR_LbYuKRPTXHkp9SHSBPwg2uXi4YSeBvyljpU7aqR-29c3Qx/s640/HTV2Highres.jpg)
On a night apparently in early September, at a flight test center somewhere in China, a dark-painted airplane reportedly took off on a momentous mission—to fly faster than five times the speed of sound then return safely to Earth.
The airborne experiment, allegedly involving a manned aircraft with a human pilot aboard, marked a huge leap forward for China as it competes with the United States to develop warplanes and missiles capable of so-called “hypersonic” flight—so fast that they’re almost impossible to shoot down or dodge.
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