Strategic Command Focused on Hypersonic Missile Threat

Screenshot from Chinese television report on a U.S. Army hypersonic vehicle

 

Chinese, Russian high-speed weapons a new concern

OMAHA—China and Russia are developing maneuvering high-speed strike vehicles that pose new threats to the United States, U.S. Strategic Command leaders said Wednesday.

Adm. Cecil D. Haney, Strategic Command’s (Stratcom) senior leader, said during remarks at a nuclear deterrence conference that despite arms control efforts, hypersonic weapons are among several threatening strategic trends emerging in the world.