Gen. Milley calls Chinese weapon test 'very concerning'

[George II]

Source: Associated Press

By ROBERT BURNS 43 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (AP) — China recently conducted a “very concerning” test of a hypersonic weapon system as part of its aggressive advance in space and military technologies, the top U.S. military officer says.

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the first Pentagon official to confirm on the record the nature of a test this year by the Chinese military that the Financial Times had reported was a nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon that was launched into space and orbited the Earth before re-entering the atmosphere and gliding toward its target in China.

Milley said he could not discuss details because aspects involved classified intelligence. He said the United States also is working on hypersonic weapons, whose key features include flight trajectory, speed and maneuverability that make them capable of evading early warning systems that are part of U.S. missile defenses. The U.S. has not conducted a hypersonic weapon test of the sort Milley said China had achieved.

“What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system, and it is very concerning,” Milley said on “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” on Bloomberg Television.



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[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Yet Americans weapons tests are nothing for anyone to worry about....we assure you all.

More concerning is this on the heels of a similar failure by America just days ago. Sad.

It’s all a failure..a failure of leadership to stop the boys playing with their ultra expensive, totally unneeded toys.

[groundloop]

2. Well then, that settles it. We need to pour $Trillions more into another arms race.

[Irish_Dem]

3. While the GOP is destroying the US, the Chinese are sliding into superpower status w/nukes.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

4. The slow walk to war continues.