Vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Hyten has warned that Communist China could launch a surprise attack on the U.S. with their hypersonic space weapons.
Hyten noted that China's hypersonic weapons test sent a missile around the world at more than five times the speed of sound.
"It went around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that glided all the way back to China, that impacted a target in China."
He added it also got 'close enough' to hitting its intended target.
"From a technology perspective, it's pretty impressive," Hyten told CBS.
But he noted that "Sputnik created a sense of urgency in the United States, which 'the test on June 27 did not."
China's new technology is now catching US officials off guard as the system "defies the laws of physics" and boasts superiority to the American arsenal.
China has reportedly been working on hypersonic weapons, which travel in a predictable arc and can be tracked by radars.
Hyten said because hypersonic weapons are much harder for radars to pick up, they could be used to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the US.
“China’s growing military muscle and its drive to end American predominance in the Asia-Pacific are rattling the U.S. defense establishment."
"American officials see trouble quickly accumulating on multiple fronts — Beijing’s expanding nuclear arsenal, its advances in space, cyber and missile technologies, and threats to Taiwan."
Neon Nettle reported last month:
China's Communist regime launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile to circle the planet in low orbit, leaving U.S. intelligence officials stunned by the technology.
China secretly tested the missile, which orbited the globe before returning to Earth to strike its target.
The test has sent shockwaves with military officials around the world as the technological development would overcome U.S. anti-ballistic missile systems.
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