The United States’ nuclear and hypersonic weapons development is behind that of China’s ruling communist regime, according to Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.).
“They’ve been on a building spree,” Lamborn said of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “They’ve doubled their nuclear arsenal in the last two years and they’re showing no sign of relenting.”
“We are behind the Russians and way behind the Chinese [on hypersonics],” he added.
Lamborn delivered the comments during a June 8 conversation about how to maintain the United States’ nuclear deterrence, hosted by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington.
Lamborn, who is the ranking member of the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee, said that the CCP was working to field a wide array of weapons and other capabilities in space as well. All of which, he said, was part of an overarching effort to build military capacity capable of overwhelming the United States….