General Calls China Hypersonic Test a “Sputnik Moment” |
 https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-27T182745Z_1_LYNXMPEH9Q18B_RTROPTP_4_USA-MILITARY-AFGHANISTAN-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-27T182745Z_1_LYNXMPEH9Q18B_RTROPTP_4_USA-MILITARY-AFGHANISTAN-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-27T182745Z_1_LYNXMPEH9Q18B_RTROPTP_4_USA-MILITARY-AFGHANISTAN-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-27T182745Z_1_LYNXMPEH9Q18B_RTROPTP_4_USA-MILITARY-AFGHANISTAN-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-27T182745Z_1_LYNXMPEH9Q18B_RTROPTP_4_USA-MILITARY-AFGHANISTAN-600x399.jpg 600w, https://www.daybreakinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-27T182745Z_1_LYNXMPEH9Q18B_RTROPTP_4_USA-MILITARY-AFGHANISTAN-450x299.jpg 450w" alt="" width="400" height="auto" />From the story: General Mark Milley, the nation’s top military officer, called China’s suspected test of a hypersonic weapons system “very concerning” and almost like a “Sputnik moment,” amid increasing tension between the U.S. and China. Beijing is believed to have tested the weapons system during the summer, but neither the Defense Department nor U.S. intelligence agencies had formally acknowledged China’s suspected test of a hypersonic weapons system, so Milley’s recognition and characterization of the suspected test is significant(CBS News). |
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Do we remember what NASA did when Sputnik went up?