Trump on the backfoot? China shows off mach 5 'shapeshifter' missile with wings that fold mid-air

Just days after Trump’s summit with Xi, China unveiled a missile straight out of science fiction: a Mach 5+ “morphing” hypersonic cruise weapon with retractable wings and real-time shape-shifting flight. The breakthrough, detailed in peer-reviewed research, lets Beijing strike moving targets at range and out-maneuver Western missile defenses, something once thought impossible. As the US and Russia scramble to match, the arms race for air dominance enters a new era. Will China’s next-gen “Shapeshifter” missile force Washington to rethink its military strategy?