Is Xi Jinping Planning To Use China’s Spy Balloons To Deploy Hypersonic Weapons?

China’s surveillance balloon made headlines last week after it violated the American airspace. The balloon was ultimately shot down in dramatic style by a US F-22 Raptor jet off the South Carolina coast. According to a new report, China might be using such balloons as a method to deploy its hypersonic weapons. In 2018, China’s state-owned CCTV broadcast a test balloon that dropped what appeared to be hypersonic weapons. The video showed a high-altitude balloon carrying three wedge-shaped payloads, which looked like hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs). The video showed the balloon going up to a certain height and then dropping them as part of a weapons test. Watch this video to understand what China is planning to do with its surveillance balloons. #China #US #Balloon #Canada #Hypersonicmissile #JoeBiden #XiJinping #WorldNews n18oc_world n18oc_crux CRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are shaping our world. We track news, geopolitics, diplomacy and defence strategies and explain how they shape national policies. Crux makes sense of global developments, and analyses their impact on daily lives. Follow CRUX on Telegram: https://bit.ly/3fnlLua Follow CRUX on Instagram (@crux.india): https://bit.ly/3qSFx1K Follow CRUX on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Lte7iF #GetCloserToTheNews with latest headlines on politics, sports and entertainment on news18.com https://bit.ly/2Y4QccL Also watch: Crux Decode: https://bit.ly/3MjzIoG Crux+ : https://bit.ly/35mm97B Crux Most Watched: https://bit.ly/3KhJ8iX