The Pentagon hopes to fast-track and further accelerate technologies able to track and destroy attacking hypersonic weapons, in light of the troubling reality that both China and Russia currently have advanced hypersonic missiles at mature stages of development. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command said “the nuclear triad remains the bedrock of the nation’s defense… – The National Interest Photo: Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck