A top general provided a bleak warning about the state of U.S. hypersonic technology compared to Russia and China, both of which recently demonstrated developments in their own arsenals.

Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations, said the United States has some “catching up to do very quickly” to match the growth from adversaries.

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