China denies the launch of the nuclear-capable hypersonic missile

BEIJING – “It was not a missile, but a spacecraft”. Beijing denies the Financial Times revelation that China secretly launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile into orbit in August. A test that would have taken US intelligence by surprise. During the daily press conference in Beijing, the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, said it was “a routine test of a spacecraft to verify the technology” of reusing the vehicle.