Zero Hedge
By Tyler Durden – October 18, 2021
Update (Monday 0700ET): On Monday, China’s Foreign Ministry denied Financial Times’ claim that the country had tested a hypersonic weapon in space, according to state-owned media outlet CGTN.
“It was not a missile, it was a space vehicle,” ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a regular press briefing in Beijing when asked about FT’s story.
Lijian said, “it’s understood that this was a routine test of a space vehicle to verify the technology of spacecraft’s reusability,” adding that the significance of a reusability test is that it can “provide a cheap and convenient method for humans to peacefully travel to and from space,” he added.