China's advances in developing a non-nuclear, hypersonic boost-glide missile are placing U.S. military forces in the Pacific region "under threat today," the Pentagon's top technology official claimed while calling for a renewed focus by the Defense Department to develop both an offensive hypersonic strike capability and a defensive capability against such ultra-fast missiles. Michael Griffin, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, outlined for the House Armed Services Committee one of the key reasons why he has identified hypersonic...
