China’s hypersonic development part of leaked Pentagon documents; leaker arrested

Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Important Takeaways:

  • Leaked Pentagon documents reveal China successfully tested a new hypersonic nuclear-capable missile in February – with a ‘high probability of penetrating’ US defenses
  • Among the classified documents leaked by Jack Teixeira was a February 28 top-secret report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence directorate
  • Teixeira, 21, was arrested on Thursday at his home in Massachusetts. He is believed to have shared hundreds of classified documents with friends on a Discord chat room between the fall and mid March
  • The document said that on February 25, China had successfully tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile called the DF-27
  • The DF-27 ‘possesses a high probability of penetrating US’ missile defenses, the secret report said
  • The February 28 memo also revealed that last year the Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army, deployed versions of the new missile that can attack land targets and ships.
  • The DF-27 flew for 12 minutes and traveled 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles), the leaked document revealed.
  • ‘The DF-27 is designed to enhance [China’s] ability to hold targets at risk beyond the Second Island Chain and possesses a high probability of penetrating U.S.’ ballistic missile defense, the report stated.
  • The Second Island Chain references the area stretching from central Japan through the Marianas and Micronesia.
  • The third is centered on Hawaii. The first is closer to China, and runs from the far south of Japan through the South China Sea.

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