Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Deputy Chairman of the United States (US) Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Hyten, gave his country a warning about China. He said that China’s defense equipment development was very fast while the US was experiencing bureaucratic problems.
Quotes CNN International, Hyten said that with these bureaucratic disturbances and problems, China will gradually become the country with the strongest military capability in the world. He gave an example with the development of hypersonic missiles that were reportedly successfully launched by Beijing and failed to be launched by Washington.
“Calling China a threat is the right term because the speed with which China is moving is amazing,” Hyten told reporters at the Defense Writers Group roundtable Thursday (28/10/2021) morning local time.
“The speed at which they are moving and their trajectory will surpass that of Russia and the US if we don’t do something to change it. It will happen. So I think we have to do something.”
“Not just the US but the US and allies because that’s the thing that really changes the game map,” he added.
Hyten’s speech was not without reason. Previously, Financial Times writes China tests hypersonic weapons in August 2021. The weapon, the media wrote this week, flies through space and circles the Earth before hurtling downwards towards its target.
The Chinese hypersonic weapon travels through the atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound. This is around 6,200 kph (3,853 mph).
However, China has denied carrying out the test. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said the accusations were untrue.
“This test is a routine spacecraft test, used to test reusable spacecraft technology,” he said.
“This could provide a convenient and inexpensive way for humans to use space for peaceful purposes.”
Actually, at this time, hypersonic missiles are not only developed by China. The US, Russia, North Korea (North Korea), and four other countries are also doing the same.
In addition to five times the speed of sound, the missile is also capable of delivering an untraceable nuclear warhead. However, so far, hypersonic missiles are only capable of flying at low trajectories in the atmosphere and cannot climb into space.
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