U.S. Sees Rising Risk in ‘Breathtaking’ China Nuclear Expansion
- Testimony for closed-door hearing also cites risk from Russia
- Admiral offers new details of China’s hypersonic test
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China’s “breathtaking expansion” of its strategic and nuclear arsenal is a quickly escalating risk for the U.S., the head of U.S. Strategic Command plans to tell lawmakers at a closed-door hearing on Tuesday.
China’s first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile-launched hypersonic glide vehicle last July is a “technological achievement with serious implications for strategic stability,” Admiral Charles Richard wrote in prepared testimony posted on the website of the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee.