{"id":934441,"date":"2021-10-28T19:44:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=934441"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:44:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:44:48","slug":"top-u-s-general-warns-about-chinas-military-progress-u-s-problems-we-have-to-do-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-u-s-general-warns-about-chinas-military-progress-u-s-problems-we-have-to-do-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Top U.S. General Warns About China\u2019s Military Progress, U.S. Problems: \u2018We Have To Do Something\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%2Ftop-u-s-general-warns-about-chinas-military-progress-u-s-problems-we-have-to-do-something%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=934441&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>Four-star General John E. Hyten, the outgoing Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned this week that communist China\u2019s military progression is \u201cstunning\u201d and that the U.S. must take immediate action to remain the world\u2019s preeminent superpower.<\/p>\n<p>Hyten made the remarks following China\u2019s second hypersonic missile test, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-officials-sound-alarm-on-stunning-chinese-hypersonic-missile-test-no-idea-how-they-did-this\">reportedly<\/a> caught U.S. intelligence officials off guard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalling China a pacing threat is a useful term because the pace at which China is moving is stunning,\u201d Hyten said on Thursday. \u201cThe pace they\u2019re moving and the trajectory they\u2019re on will surpass Russia and the United States if we don\u2019t do something to change it. It will happen. So I think we have to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just the United States but the United States and our allies because that\u2019s the thing that really changes the game,\u201d Hyten added. \u201cIf it\u2019s the United States only, it\u2019s going to be problematic in five years. But if it\u2019s the United States and our allies, I think we can be good for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hyten warned that the U.S. is currently only making \u201cmarginal progress\u201d in responding to the growing Chinese threat because \u201cthe Department of Defense is still unbelievably bureaucratic and slow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can go fast if we want to, but the bureaucracy we put in place is just brutal,\u201d Hyten continued.<\/p>\n<p>Hyten specifically pointed to hypersonic missiles as one of the key areas where China has made significant progress that outpaces the U.S., noting that the U.S. has only conducted several hypersonic tests over the last five years while China has \u201cdone hundreds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSingle digits versus hundreds is not a good place,\u201d Hyten said. \u201cNow it doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019re not moving fast in the development process of hypersonics, what it does tell you is that our approach to development is fundamentally different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hyten also warned that the way the U.S. approaches failure and how it learns from those failures is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve decided that failure is bad,\u201d Hyten said. \u201cNope, failure is part of the learning process. And if you want to get back to speed, you better figure out how to put speed back into [sic] and that means taking risk and that means learning from failures and that means failing fast and moving fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four-star General John E. Hyten, the outgoing Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned this week that communist China\u2019s military progression is \u201cstunning\u201d and that the U.S. must take immediate action to remain the world\u2019s preeminent superpower.Hyten made the remarks following China\u2019s second hypersonic missile test, which reportedly caught U.S. intelligence officials off guard.\u201cCalling China a pacing threat is a useful term because the pace at which China is moving is stunning,\u201d Hyten said on Thursday. \u201cThe pace they\u2019re moving and the trajectory they\u2019re on will surpass Russia and the United States if we don\u2019t do something to change it. It will happen. So I think we have to do something.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s not just the United States but the United States and our allies because that\u2019s the thing that really changes the game,\u201d Hyten added. \u201cIf it\u2019s the United States only, it\u2019s going to be problematic in five years. But if it\u2019s the United States and our allies, I think we can be good for a while.\u201dHyten warned that the U.S. is currently only making \u201cmarginal progress\u201d in responding to the growing Chinese threat because \u201cthe Department of Defense is still unbelievably bureaucratic and slow.\u201d\u201cWe can go fast if we want to, but the bureaucracy we put in place is just brutal,\u201d Hyten continued.Hyten specifically pointed to hypersonic missiles as one of the key areas where China has made significant progress that outpaces the U.S., noting that the U.S. has only conducted several hypersonic tests over the last five years while China has \u201cdone hundreds.\u201d\u201cSingle digits versus hundreds is not a good place,\u201d Hyten said. \u201cNow it doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019re not moving fast in the development process of hypersonics, what it does tell you is that our approach to development is fundamentally different.\u201dHyten also warned that the way the U.S. approaches failure and how it learns from those failures is a problem.\u201cWe\u2019ve decided that failure is bad,\u201d Hyten said. \u201cNope, failure is part of the learning process. And if you want to get back to speed, you better figure out how to put speed back into [sic] and that means taking risk and that means learning from failures and that means failing fast and moving fast.\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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