A hypersonic weapons system tested by the Chinese regime in July allegedly launched a second missile while flying at five times the speed of sound, according to a new report by the Financial Times. It is currently unclear whether the second missile was an air-to-air weapon or a countermeasure intended to prevent the weapon from being destroyed. Such a technology presents a potential leapfrogging of American and Russian technologies, according to experts, and could provide the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its military with a strategic advantage in the event of war. “By demonstrating payload-deploying HGV [hypersonic glide vehicle] platforms, China has beat the United States in achieving the capability of near immediate strategic destruction with potentially non-nuclear weapons,” said Risk Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. A HGV is a maneuverable vehicle that is fired into space by rockets and then released to glide …