Pentagon urges CEOs of largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development as US lags behind China

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin encouraged CEOs from more than two dozen of America's largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development during a high-level meeting Thursday

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin encouraged CEOs from more than two dozen of America's largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development during a high-level meeting Thursday.

"This is absolutely serious," Austin said, referring to the threat posed by Chinese and Russian hypersonic programs, according to a CEO who participated in the virtual meeting."We are distracted now by Russia, but China is the real threat."During the meeting, multiple CEOs described the need for more wind tunnels to test hypersonic vehicles as a"choke point in testing.

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