<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Neuton,Georgia,serif;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">"Scientists at a Chinese military university are developing a new laser device they intend to attach to Chinese hypersonic missiles that will help those missiles reach higher speeds with less air resistance, a new report revealed this week.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.4em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Neuton,Georgia,serif;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">In a July issue of <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Laser and Infrared</em>, <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3142581/china-military-scientists-work-laser-improve-hypersonic-speeds" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(160,147,95);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:none medium;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">reported </a>by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, Chinese scientists with the Chinese military-integrated Space Engineering University of Beijing detailed research on a laser energy device that could create a plasma cloud around the nose of a missile. The Chinese researchers said the laser device could be used to reduce air resistance against a missile by 70 percent or more."</font></p></div><font size="4"><a href="https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/china-wants-to-put-lasers-on-hypersonic-missiles-heres-why/" target="_blank">https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/07/china-wants-to-put-lasers-on-hypersonic-missiles-heres-why/</a></font><br></div>