WASHINGTON -- China is developing hypersonic weapons at a "stunning" pace, conducting "hundreds" of tests to Washington's nine over the past five years, a top Pentagon official told reporters.
Beijing has been willing to move fast and learn from its failures, while the Department of Defense has been held back by "brutal" bureaucracy, Gen. John Hyten, the outgoing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, America's No. 2 uniformed military officer, said Thursday.
