Pentagon's No. 2 General Says Risk Aversion And Secrecy From The DoD Bureaucracy' Is Costing The U.S. Its Military Advantage

Gen. John E. Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Credit: DoD

CNN: CNN: Senior US general warns China's military progress is 'stunning' as US is hampered by 'brutal' bureaucracy (CNN)In the wake of China's test of a hypersonic missile, the second most senior US general said Thursday that the pace at which China's military is developing capabilities is "stunning" while US development suffers from "brutal" bureaucracy. 

The outgoing Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Hyten, echoed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's characterization of China as a "pacing threat" while calling Russia the most imminent threat. 

"Calling China a pacing threat is a useful term because the pace at which China is moving is stunning," Hyten told reporters at a Defense Writers Group roundtable Thursday morning. "The pace they're moving and the trajectory they're on will surpass Russia and the United States if we don't do something to change it. It will happen. So I think we have to do something."  

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Update #1: Risk aversion and secrecy are costing U.S. its military advantage, No. 2 general says (Military Times) 

Update #2: Hyten blasts ‘unbelievably’ slow DoD bureaucracy as China advances space weapons (Space News)  

WNU Editor: China's government and bureaucracy are probably of one of most risk averse and secrecy obsessed organizations in the world. But it has not stopped them from building the military that can now challenge the U.S.. So what have they done to make their system work?

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