Intelligence Officials Warn China Could Launch 'Surprise Attack' on U.S Technology 'defies the laws of physics' Vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Hyten has warned that Communist China could launch a surprise attack on the U.S. with their hypersonic space weapons. Hyten noted that China's hypersonic weapons test sent a missile around the world at more than five times the speed of sound. "They launched a long-range missile. "It went around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that glided all the way back to China, that impacted a target in China." He added it also...