Milly said that China's recent hypersonic missile testing was "very worrying" and compared it with the first artificial satellite launched the first Soviet Union.
The US defense industry leaders also warn that the United States has "at least a few years behind China" in developing hypersonic technology.
The Financial Times took the lead in reporting on October 16 that China shot high supersonic weapons with nuclear strike capabilities this summer.In this regard, Mili said in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday: "What we see is a very important high supersonic weapon system test. This is very worrying."
This is the first time U.S. officials have publicly confirmed reports.Milly described that China's test shooting was very close to the "Sputnik Moment" in 1957.At that time, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite "Sptnick No. 1" to enter the planet's track, defeating the United States and entered the space first, shocking the entire Western world.
Analysis pointed out that China's test -filled weapon can avoid the US defense system from two aspects.First of all, the speed of the hypersonic weapon is more than 5 times the speed of the sound, and the speed is 6,200 kilometers per hour, which is more difficult to detect and intercept it. Second, the weapon is said to use some track bombing systems (Fractional Orbital Bombardment), which will be surrounded by surrounding them first.The earth flew to the target in a circle, instead of following a fixed trajectory like conventional ballistic missiles, and higher mobility.
Mi Li said that the hypersonic test was part of China's military expansion."They are rapidly expanding in the field of space, the Internet, and the traditional sea, land and air. They have changed from a huge infantry army based on farmers in 1979 to a army covering all fields, very capable and global ambitions."
He believes that in the next 10, 20 or even 25 years, the largest geographical strategic challenge in the United States is undoubtedly China.
Mi Li also said that China's actual expansion scale is larger than the official figures.Considering that China's labor cost is lower than the United States, the military production and R & D expenses participated in many state -owned enterprises have not been included in formal military expenditure. The actual military expenditure of China's actual military expenditure and the United States are actually not so large.
The development of U.S. hypersonic technology is at least several years behind China
U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson Repent refusing to comment on Milly's speech, only indicating that ChinaAny major improvement in military capabilities "has no help to ease the tension inside and outside the region."
Heshes, CEO of Raytheon Technologies, even believes that China has actually deployed hypersonic weapons, and the United States has been developing hypersonic technology for at least several years.
Thunder God is developing hypersonic cruise missiles for the Ministry of National Defense.Haz pointed out that the hypersonic capacity is the biggest threat to the stability of the United States, because the time to respond to such attacks is very short.
He said: "We must deploy an automated system to defend our homeland ... We will have weapons to deal with opponents, but the most important thing is that my focus is on how to develop anti -hypersonic technology.This is the challenge. "
