Thu October, 2021, Age: 2 years
The outgoing Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Hyten, echoed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin by saying that the pace at which China’s military is developing capabilities is “stunning” while US development suffers from “brutal” bureaucracy. When asked about the initial report on the hypersonic test, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the August test was “a spacecraft, not a missile.
