China’s military tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August.

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** China’s military tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August.
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The test reportedly involved a hypersonic glide vehicle that was launched on a Long March rocket into low-orbit, circumnavigated the globe, and came within a few dozen miles of hitting its target. The Chinese government denied that it tested a hypersonic missile and said it was a spacecraft, although it didn’t publicly disclose the August 24th launch

Hypersonic missiles fly at speeds of at least Mach 5, similar to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). What makes hypersonics a particularly challenging threat is that unlike ICBMs ― which have a fixed range and don’t maneuver in flight ― hypersonics can be highly maneuverable in flight, fly at a lower trajectory in the atmosphere, and don’t face the same range constraints.

Research on offensive hypersonic weapons in the U.S. has been undertaken to varying degrees for more than a decade, and the pace has picked up in the last few years amid advances made by Russia and China.

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** Adopted Wolf Pups Killed by Federal Agents
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed that they killed eight wolf pups in Idaho who were a part of The Timberline Wolf Pack, a group of wolves that were adopted by a local Boise high school in 2003.

Idaho’s Republican lawmakers passed a law that aims to kill 90% of the state’s wolves. Under the law, people are allowed to bait wolves into snares, aerially gun them down, and mow them down with vehicles.

Idaho conservation groups wrote a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, asking to “immediately suspend the killing of wolf pups on all public lands by the USDA federal agents”. The letter adds:

“There is nothing biologically sound or socially acceptable about killing wolf pups on federal lands, especially when wolves are under significant eradication pressure.”

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