first strike capability and look, general secretary has claimed the strongest military by 2047, taiwan in the close hairs. hypersonic missiles are a key component of the strategy. the difference is, it can hit a moving target as well. right, absolutely. and you know, the goal is to win the fight without having to fire a shot, why we are seeing so much reporting about this capability. they want to deter the united states from becoming involved in what they consider to be their sphere of influence, one way to do it, to deny our aircraft the capability to enter that potentially contested air space in south asia and asia. john: typically china steals the application and then makes
it themselves, but this was developed by chinese scientists, got through the barrier of infrared, heat seeking missile has to have a glass dome on the front of it, and the pressures and the temperatures they operate at would cause the glass to melt. they found a way around that. how big of a technological leap is it for china to have overcome this problem? it s a huge leap, and you know, technology has always been the key for the united states, for our department of defense to stay a step ahead of our adversaries, and right now we are seeing china effectively, you know, put us in position where we have to catch up, and we have had a good partnership between the department of defense and the private sector, but it s not quite good enough. we need to do better, we need to eliminate the red tape, the bureaucracy, and d.o.d. has to figure out a way to protect the private sector intellectual property as well. and why we know china is