China plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid at Mach 26

China is planning a planetary defense test that would slam a spacecraft into an asteroid at Mach 26, surpassing the force of NASA's DART mission. The test is designed to assess China's ability to deflect a potentially dangerous asteroid. No launch date was given in the available report.

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