{"id":1047368,"date":"2021-11-23T07:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047368"},"modified":"2021-11-23T07:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:44:14","slug":"u-s-generals-sound-alarm-over-first-strike-weapons-americas-enemies-have-were-not-as-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-generals-sound-alarm-over-first-strike-weapons-americas-enemies-have-were-not-as-advanced\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Generals Sound Alarm Over First Strike Weapons America\u2019s Enemies Have: \u2018We\u2019re Not As Advanced\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-generals-sound-alarm-over-first-strike-weapons-americas-enemies-have-were-not-as-advanced%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top U.S. officials are warning that some of the first-strike weapons that America\u2019s enemies have are more advanced than the weapons that the U.S. has and that urgent action is needed to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The warnings come after communist \u201cChina\u2019s hypersonic weapon test in July included a technological advance that enabled it to fire a missile as it approached its target travelling at least five times the speed of sound \u2014 a capability no country has previously demonstrated,\u201d The Financial Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a127f6de-f7b1-459e-b7ae-c14ed6a9198c\">reported<\/a>. \u201cPentagon scientists were caught off guard by the advance, which allowed the hypersonic glide vehicle, a manoeuvrable spacecraft that can carry a nuclear warhead, to fire a separate missile mid-flight in the atmosphere over the South China Sea, according to people familiar with the intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations, admitted over the weekend that \u201cwe\u2019re not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs,\u201d adding that the U.S. has a lot of \u201ccatching up to do very quickly\u201d because \u201cthe Chinese have had an incredibly aggressive hypersonic program for [the last] several years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Pentagon has pushed the development of new hypersonic missiles, the Army isn\u2019t slated to field its first missile until 2024,\u201d Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/11\/20\/hypersonic-technology-us-behind-china-russia-523130\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe Navy is aiming to put its own version of the missile on a destroyer in 2025 and on Virginia-class submarines in 2028.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Experts at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are not sure how China managed to fire a missile off the vehicle while it was moving at hypersonic speeds. Experts say that China is significantly more advanced than the U.S. or Russia when it comes to hypersonic technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome Pentagon experts believe the projectile was an air-to-air missile,\u201d the Financial Times added. \u201cOthers think it was a countermeasure to destroy missile defense systems so that they could not shoot down the hypersonic weapon during wartime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>General John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the No. 2 person in the U.S. military, said that the weapons that China was developing \u201clook like a first-use weapon. That\u2019s what those weapons look like to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/china-hypersonic-weapons-test-details-united-states-military\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>For decades, the nuclear balance between the U.S. and Russia has depended on neither side having the capability to launch a successful first strike. If China is now trying to develop a first-strike capability, that balance would be in jeopardy. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>China\u2019s round-the-world hypersonic test took place on<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top U.S. officials are warning that some of the first-strike weapons that America\u2019s enemies have are more advanced than the weapons that the U.S. has and that urgent action is needed to address the issue.The warnings come after communist \u201cChina\u2019s hypersonic weapon test in July included a technological advance that enabled it to fire a missile as it approached its target travelling at least five times the speed of sound \u2014 a capability no country has previously demonstrated,\u201d The Financial Times reported. \u201cPentagon scientists were caught off guard by the advance, which allowed the hypersonic glide vehicle, a manoeuvrable spacecraft that can carry a nuclear warhead, to fire a separate missile mid-flight in the atmosphere over the South China Sea, according to people familiar with the intelligence.\u201dGen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations, admitted over the weekend that \u201cwe\u2019re not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs,\u201d adding that the U.S. has a lot of \u201ccatching up to do very quickly\u201d because \u201cthe Chinese have had an incredibly aggressive hypersonic program for [the last] several years.\u201d\u201cWhile the Pentagon has pushed the development of new hypersonic missiles, the Army isn\u2019t slated to field its first missile until 2024,\u201d Politico reported. \u201cThe Navy is aiming to put its own version of the missile on a destroyer in 2025 and on Virginia-class submarines in 2028.\u201dExperts at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are not sure how China managed to fire a missile off the vehicle while it was moving at hypersonic speeds. Experts say that China is significantly more advanced than the U.S. or Russia when it comes to hypersonic technology.\u201cSome Pentagon experts believe the projectile was an air-to-air missile,\u201d the Financial Times added. \u201cOthers think it was a countermeasure to destroy missile defense systems so that they could not shoot down the hypersonic weapon during wartime.\u201dGeneral John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the No. 2 person in the U.S. military, said that the weapons that China was developing \u201clook like a first-use weapon. That\u2019s what those weapons look like to me.\u201dCBS News reported:For decades, the nuclear balance between the U.S. and Russia has depended on neither side having the capability to launch a successful first strike. If China is now trying to develop a first-strike capability, that balance would be in jeopardy. \u2026China\u2019s round-the-world hypersonic test took place on July 27 and has been compared to the moment in 1957 during the arms race with the Soviet Union when Moscow launched the Sputnik satellite, becoming the first nation into space and catching the U.S. by surprise.Asked if he would compare the Chinese test to Sputnik, Hyten replied that \u201cfrom a technology perspective, it\u2019s pretty impressive. . . But Sputnik created a sense of urgency in the United States. . . The test on July 27 did not create that sense of urgency. I think it probably should create a sense of urgency.\u201dFormer Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe warned earlier this year that the Biden administration was in for a shock once they were finally brought up to speed on the advancements that the Chinese military has made in recent years.Ratcliffe\u00a0said\u00a0that \u201cChina has closed the gap\u201d in certain areas which he could not reveal because \u201cit poses a national security threat to acknowledge that, but there are places where China\u2019s frankly doing a better job, and it\u2019s further down the curve on some technology issues than we are, and that\u2019s never been the case before.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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