China parading hypersonic UAVs...

I think Zhuhai 2018 was already a great event, but this parade is gonna be even more impressive! 😮

WingLoong II (or Ch-5 ?), Sharp Sword and two of these secret hypersonic UAVs!!! Can't wait for the close up images.

(Image via Nick Tsarnas/FB) pic.twitter.com/pHAFly0wBa

— @Rupprecht_A (@RupprechtDeino) September 14, 2019

We just saw in Saudi Arabia what subsonic, loitering drones could do.  A primitive Army has the high tech Saudi military on its heels (Houthis).

What happens when hypersonics enter the game?

Remember the old "the bomber always will get thru" meme?

I see it returning with hypersonic missiles/drones.  Are lasers an effective countermeasure?  I'm not sure but we need to be working on defenses against these things as fast as we are to develop them in the first place.

10月の中国軍事パレードのために北京に部隊が集まってきているのですが、予想すらされていなかった新型兵器が次々と確認されて、すごいことになっています。

超音速無人偵察機(D-21 ?)まで登場して、今のところコイツが一番の衝撃。 pic.twitter.com/q7VPxrJrKz

— mssn65 (@jpg2t785) September 14, 2019