China is mass-producing hypersonic missiles for $99,000

https://kdwalmsley.substack.com/p/on-sale-now-china-is-mass-producing

On sale now: China is mass-producing hypersonic missiles for $99,000

The Radical Asymmetry of Modern Warfare (P2)

Inside China / Business

This is blogspam based on a tweet of the company's promo video[1] in November and some speculation by a guy on Chinese state TV[2]. As far as I can find there's no evidence since then that these have entered production, mass or otherwise. It was doubted at the time they could hit these costs in production, and there hasn't been any news since.

[1] https://xcancel.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1993158707056984359

[2] https://archive.is/VLO7U

CNSPACE (@CNSpaceflight)

👀 SPACE-TRANSPORTATION is now in defense industry. 🚀 YKJ-1000 hypersonic missile released.

Nitter
Yes. I have no idea if this is technologically plausible at this point but it doesn’t make sense strategically. Why would China allow something this dangerous and IP-intensive to be commercialized? We don’t sell our nuclear weapons tech, for example. (I assume.) And the thought that they would want this in the hands of unstable actors, however they are currently aligned, is a little silly. This feels more like a mistake, possibly even a scam.
You underestimate both China's production capability and their desire to destabilize the south Asian region, so they can step in to take control. They have been arming Pakistan to the teeth against India. They even sold them the nuclear weapons tech. They don't care.