Hyperson Ic News Today

>> speaking to bloomberg, general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, sounding the alarm. >> i dont know if its quite a sputnik moment but i think its very close to that. it has all of our attention. >> reporter: its the most significant public acknowledgment by a senior u.s. official that china conducted two tests of a hypersonic missile system this summer. tests which were first reported by the financial times. the fear now, that one day they may be capable of carrying a nuclear payload...

But president xi jinping, according to chinas official news agency called for the chinese military to break new ground, and said chinas capabilities have been enhanced by leapfrog development. in equipment and weapons. defense secretary lloyd austin has been cautious talking about chinas growing military capabilities. >> what i can tell you is that we watch closely chinas development of armament, and advanced capabilities and systems that will only increase tensions in the region. >> our thanks ...

>> kendis, i think, look, the key thing about hypersonic, theyre a lot faster than traditional nuclear weapons delivery, whether bombs or submarines, theyre morage ill. they can evade defenses, move around quickly. theyre gliding in once they come in from outer space in the atmosphere, and theyre able to be very precise. evade. we should be very concerned. this is a new development. china has been doing hyper sonics for a while. in 2018 it was testified there were testing 20 times more hyper son...