By 2030, China intends to build a plane that can carry out flights into space.

Chinese engineers and scientists intend to implement the project of a unique aircraft within the next 15 years, while officials said that in essence. The new aircraft will be a hybrid of an airplane and a rocket - when flying at relatively low altitudes, a conventional aircraft engine will be used, and for space flights, a special jet engine will be launched.

The specific applicability of the new project has not yet been announced, however, experts have suggested that the aircraft is able to carry out flights to space could find extensive use in military aviation.