US spy agency names hypersonic weapons frontrunner

China is outpacing

Beijing has an edge over Russia in the number of systems, a senior US official has claimed.

China is outpacing Russia in terms of developing its hypersonic missile capabilities and may already have the means to strike Washington’s forces in the Pacific, a senior defense official told US lawmakers on Friday. The US currently does not have its own fully operational hypersonic missile.

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