{"id":1078596,"date":"2021-12-02T22:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078596"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:45:00","slug":"chinas-pursuit-of-hypersonic-weapons-raises-regional-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-pursuit-of-hypersonic-weapons-raises-regional-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s pursuit of hypersonic weapons raises regional tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fchinas-pursuit-of-hypersonic-weapons-raises-regional-tensions%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=1078596&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--><div id=\"attachment_2600859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2600859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA \u2013 DECEMBER 02: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook (R) attend a news conference after the 53rd Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry on December 02, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:50 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, December 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said China\u2019s increased pursuit of hypersonic weapons has raised \u201ctensions in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following security talks alongside his South Korean counterpart in Seoul Thursday, Austin said the U.S. has concerns regarding China\u2019s military capabilities. However, Austin ensured the U.S. would maintain the capabilities to defend and deter against a range of potential threats from the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have concerns about the military capabilities that the PRC continues to pursue and the pursuit of those capabilities in increasing tensions in the region. We know that China conducted a test of hypersonic weapons on the 27th of July. It just underscores why we consider the PRC to be our pacing challenge,\u201d stated Austin.<\/p>\n<p>While concern comes after China tested its hypersonic weapons over the summer, North Korea also successfully tested hypersonic missiles back in September. Austin said the South Korean defense minister said the developments of North Korea\u2019s weapons program is \u201cincreasingly destabilizing for regional security.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a>: Today, we completed the 53rd U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting \u2013 the capstone annual event for our Alliance. And I\u2019d like to give a sense of what we achieved. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BlHgGlv63w\">pic.twitter.com\/BlHgGlv63w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1466262253817188352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe also reaffirmed our shared assessment that the DPRK [Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea] is continuing to advance its missile and weapons programs. The United States and ROK [Republic of Korea] remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the DPRK,\u201d Austin said. \u201cAnd we continue to call upon DPRK to engage in dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Biden administration has come under fire from Republicans for being too soft in its stance on both China and North Korea, compared with former President Trump.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/murder-suspect-arrested-in-shooting-of-jacqueline-avant\/\">Murder Suspect Arrested In Shooting Of Jacqueline Avant<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA \u2013 DECEMBER 02: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook (R) attend a news conference after the 53rd Security Consultative Meeting &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}