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Brown. then it has been two months since the yatd completed its withdrawal from afghanistan. i sat down with the lead negotiator of the peace deal, americas former special envoy, zalmay khalilzad. >> nobody is happy with the final phase of the withdrawal. >> what went wrong, and whats next for afghanistan? ill ask him. finally, democrats have been scrambling for months to finalize president bidens $1.75 trillion spending bill. the biggest roadblock has been how to pay for it. ill talk to a lea...

But first, heres "my take." have we witnessed another "sputnik" moment? "the financial times" reported china tested a hypersonic missile this summer, though china denies this. general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, compared the test to the soviet unions "sputnik" launch during the cold war. i dont know if its quite a "sputnik" moment, but i think its very close to that. >> general milley should dust off his history books, the chinese trip has nothing in common with "sputnik"...

That can evade u.s. defenses. there were comparison made to not really, but kind of like a sputnik moment, night that seems like a very serious national security concern. >> well, i think whats more problematic in the conduct of the summit is they didnt show pup pointing to covid but a lot of other leaders are there despite covid. china is the worlds largest emitter. you cannot get to a solution on climate change that doesnt involve china raising its am big to fight climate change in the same wa...

Population. hes trying to consolidate power inside china. dont look for him to be stepping out on the international stage significantly. >> duly noted. joint chiefs chairman mark milley is commenting publicly about chinas recent test of a hypersonic weapons system. >> i dont know if its quite a sputnik moment but i think its very close to that. its a very significant technological event that occurred or test that occurred by the chinese. and it has all of our attention. >> wow. i mean, even maki...

Russia, in those days the soviet union, was outpacing was. thats one end of the spectrum. at the other end is, its no big deal, chinas developing hypersonic missiles just like we are. i think this one is closer to a sputnik moment. we need to wake up on this and recognize that this is a new generation of weapons system, alex, that has the ability to be invulnerable to our defensive measures. it moves many times the speed of sound. they can direct it in a way that could overcome any of our missil...

>> 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...

That china is not going to participate in person but rather virtually. and i think the role that china is playing right now is a now global military, economic superpower. needs to be addressed. >> what would you want the g20 to do with china? they will be participating virtually. not sure what theyre trying to convey with that. maybe that they dont have to go or because of the pandemic that originated there but in any case what do you want the other 19 nations to do? >> the sputnik moment needs ...

Top US General Mark Milley has expressed concern over an advanced hypersonic weapons test reportedly carried out by China. He compared it to the Soviet Union's "Sputnik" breakthrough during the Cold War.

The Pentagon's top general said Wednesday that China's recent test of an earth-circling hypersonic missile was akin to the Soviet Union's stunning launch of the world's first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, which sparked the superpowers' space race.

Top US General Mark Milley has expressed concern over an advanced hypersonic weapons test reportedly carried out by China. He compared it to the Soviet Union's "Sputnik" breakthrough during the Cold War.