Recently, the United States for flight "X-37B" space fighter, will the international community was in uproar, which is the U.S. attempt to once again reflect the hegemony of space. To this end, China to be outdone, the exposure through expert interviews, and confirmed that China is also a similar "space fighter" in the development and testing work, which is circulated on the Internet has been a long time, "Dragon" aircraft of the reason.

Photos can be seen through the "Dragon" aircraft from the one "boom six" high-altitude flying aircraft carrying the abdomen, which may have two meanings, one is flying at high altitude flight test its aerodynamic capabilities within the atmosphere, and second, high-altitude flight and ignite the ramjet engine to their entry into Earth's near-Earth orbit space plane for these two points are crucial in terms of basic performance. Especially the latter is representative of a "space plane" is a major characteristic that does not require use of carrier rocket launched vertically, can be carried by conventional aircraft flying at high altitude, which greatly simplifies the use of the space plane flow.

In this respect, the U.S. test flight of "X-37B" is still used in space launch vehicle transport aircraft, so it will only be called "outer space fighter", not the real meaning of the "space" concept, but its itself is a complete version of the test products. The view from the development stage, "Dragon" is more of a test prototype, or even miniature version of the space plane, from a real practical need to do a lot of foundation work, which mainly include the high-thrust ramjet engine, a large set weight of transport aircraft, a very high temperature resistant composite materials technology to China are an important test of strength.

China has chosen this time exposure "Dragon" really interesting, after all, how can the country weapon easily seen by others, indicating that "Dragon" test drive phase has been completed and works are being carried out in full swing application stage. In addition, let the Americans see China's space development program is also engaged in an orderly manner, through the deliberate and transparent, I hope Americans know very well, which itself is a hard power of the contest.