DUAL THREATS: CHINA AND NORTH KOREA: America’s four-star commanders responsible for deterring and, if it comes to war, defeating China and North Korea spent this week on Capitol Hill warning Congress that the U.S. military is falling behind both adversaries as they rapidly build their conventional and nuclear capabilities. 

North Korea is “focused on advancing their cruise missile and hypersonic glide vehicle research and development programs,” Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on his second day of congressional testimony alongside his “boss,” U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo.