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By Frank Gardner – BBC
Glinting in the autumn sun on a parade ground in Beijing, the People’s Liberation Army missiles moved slowly past the crowd on a fleet of giant camouflaged lorries.
Needle-sharp in profile, measuring 11 metres long and weighing 15 tonnes, each bore the letters and numerals: “DF-17”.
China had just unveiled to the world its arsenal of Dongfeng hypersonic missiles.
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