China's Lingyun-1 hypersonic missile, displayed publicly for the first time at an exhibition during National Science and Technology Week, May 19, 2018. Image: @inbarspace/Twitter
CNBC: China’s ability to spend on weapons has the Pentagon eager to develop hypersonics as the US tries to catch up
* China’s ability to quickly finance its military has the Pentagon especially eager to develop hypersonic weapons, amid a budding arms race between the world’s top two economies.
* The United States does not have a defense against hypersonic weapons, which can travel at least five times the speed of sound, or a little more than a mile per second.
* The Pentagon has nearly a dozen programs tasked with developing and defending against the new breed of weapons.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — China’s ability to quickly finance its military has the Pentagon especially eager to develop hypersonic weapons, amid a budding arms race between the world’s top two economies.
“China has a robust global economy, their ability to afford new offensive systems is quite significant, and we have to take note of that,” Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s top engineer, told CNBC at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville.
“I think it’s clear that in the realm of hypersonics we are playing catch up, especially relative to the Chinese. We need to be able to not only match but to overmatch, especially the Chinese,” Griffin said.
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WNU Editor: The hypersonic weapons race is on.
2 comments:
"Nope, hypersonic missiles are just a fad. Even if they are faster they couldn't get close to an American aircraft carrier before being blown out of the sky. We won't even bother with the tech because it's a Russian bluff to look stronger than they actually are. There is no arms race because we've already won it." - Every commenter here for the past 6 months.
"Pentagon Feels It Needs To Spend More Money" is the name of the game.
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