- It is cutting-edge hypersonic “waverider” flight vehicle being developed by China.
- Waverider is flight vehicle that flies in atmosphere and uses shockwaves generated by its own hypersonic flight with air to glide at high speed.
- It can carry can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads.
- It has capability to penetrate any current generation anti-missile defence systems due to its high speed and unpredictable trajectory.
- As compared to it, current generation of anti-missile defence systems is mainly designed to intercept cruise and ballistic missiles which are either slower or easier to predict, making them possible to intercept.