Vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Hyten (pictured) said that China's hypersonic space weapons could be used to launch a surprise attack on the US and admitted that Beijing has more advanced technology
* China's hypersonic weapon test fired a missile at five times the speed of sound
* Pentagon experts still baffled at how China managed to defy physics constraints
* Test suggests China's hypersonic weapons more advanced than US and Russia
* Purpose of the missile remains unknown as it was fired with no obvious target
A hypersonic weapon test carried out by China in July featured a missile fired at five times the speed of sound - a technological feat which no other country has demonstrated, according to US intelligence.
The hypersonic glide vehicle - a spacecraft with the ability to carry a nuclear warhead - fired a missile mid-flight over the South China Sea, catching Pentagon scientists unawares.
Experts at Darpa - the Pentagon's advanced research agency - are apparently still baffled at how China was able to defy the constraints of physics to fire a weapon from the vehicle travelling at hypersonic speed, the Financial Times reports.
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Space Force general: 'We're not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians' with hypersonic missiles -- Space News
Space Force general: 'We're not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians' with hypersonic missiles -- The Hill
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China's 'Hypersonic Missile Test' Leaves Pentagon Officials 'Baffled' by Beijing's Advance -- Sputnik