According to recent press reports China just tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle. And, the American intelligence community was caught completely off guard by this test. How is that possible? How did the largest, most expensive intelligence apparatus ever-known miss this? Upfront, it should be emphasized that this is a really big deal. The weapon in question goes into space, orbits the globe, and then dives back down into the atmosphere and glides to its target. Known as a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, or FOBS, such a weapon can effectively strike anywhere in a completely unpredictable manner. It does not…