Chinese AI simulates hypersonic air battle, offering surprising tactic for winning Mach 11 dogfight

To defeat enemy in aerial combat, hypersonic plane should zoom ahead and launch missile backwards, according to computer simulation. The counter-intuitive approach allows a pilot to strike quickly from far away, greatly improving the crew’s chance of survival. — SCMP

Researchers in China say their AI is the first to simulate an aerial battle involving a hypersonic aircraft flying at Mach 11, or 11 times the speed of sound, and the technology came up with a surprising tactic for defeating an enemy.

In the computer simulation, a hypersonic aircraft encountered an enemy fighter jet flying at Mach 1.3, close to the top speed of an F-35.