Gen Milley's comments were the first US acknowledgment of claims China tested a hypersonic missile.
The top US general has said China's suspected hypersonic missile test is close to a Sputnik moment, referring to the Soviet satellite launch that sparked the Cold War arms race.
"I don't know if it's quite a Sputnik moment, but I think it's very close to that. It has all of our attention."His comment is the first official acknowledgement by the US of claims that China conducted two missile tests over the summer. Reports indicate that it was a nuclear-capable missile that could evade US air defence systems.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby refused to comment on the general's remarks at a Wednesday briefing, saying: "This is not a technology that is alien to us, that we haven't been thinking about for a while." Gen Milley also warned that the Chinese military has grown "from a peasant-based infantry army that was very, very large in 1979 to a very capable military that covers all the domains and has global ambitions".
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