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>> speaking to bloomberg, general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs, sounding the alarm. >> i don't know if it's quite a sputnik moment but i think it's very close to that. it has all of our attention. >> reporter: it's 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. super sonic jets and missiles have been in use for decades, able to break the speed of sound. ...

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

>> kendis, i think, look, the key thing about hypersonic, they're a lot faster than traditional nuclear weapons delivery, whether bombs or submarines, they're morage ill. they can evade defenses, move around quickly. they're gliding in once they come in from outer space in the atmosphere, and they're 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 sonic weapons than we were and they're growing their nuclear force. the third largest in the world....