Hypersonic Weapons
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China’s efforts to surpass the United States as the world’s foremost military power are making significant progress, based on a July test of a hypersonic weapons system.
The top U.S. military officer confirmed Beijing’s July 27 test of a high-speed system that orbits Earth to better evade U.S. missile defense systems, calling the development “very concerning.”
“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system,” General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday.