What we saw was a very significant event of a test of a hypersonic weapon system. And it is very concerning, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said of China s alleged testing.
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China is accused of carrying out two tests of what intelligence analysts believe could be a hypersonic orbital missile capable of carrying a nuke - one on July 27 and another on August 13.
ABC News cited a US official on Thursday who said that a booster rocket with a hypersonic glide body attached failed to launch during a launch test at Kodiak, Alaska.