#Bestof2021: 2/2 The Sputnik moment of China's hypersonic missile test; & What is to be done? Jerry Hendrix III. (Sagemore Institute) (Originally posted October 25, 2021)
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#Bestof2021: 2/2 The Sputnik moment of China's hypersonic missile test; & What is to be done? Jerry Hendrix III. (Sagemore Institute) (Originally posted October 25, 2021)
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| 0:30.0 | This is CBS, I'm the world I'm John Bats with Captain Jerry Hendrix, United States Navy |
| 0:39.1 | retired aviator, riding most recently to provide and maintain a Navy, |
| 0:44.0 | why naval primacy is America's first best strategy. |
| 0:47.5 | However, the captain is reflecting upon historical events in the past, the Sputnik moment, |
| 0:52.9 | and looking now at what we know and it's not transparent about the announced hypersonic |
| 0:58.3 | missile test, especially by the people's Republic of China, although other bad actors |
| 1:03.3 | are boasting. |
| 1:04.7 | The PRC said to have been orbital, and this is an orbital bomber. |
| 1:10.2 | Question is what is to be done, and we come now to the syndrome that Jerry identifies |
| 1:16.3 | in the historical reflection on Sputnik moment. |
| 1:20.9 | The not-invented here syndrome, what is that, Jerry? |
| 1:25.0 | Well, the problem here is that the Americans, we tend to want to own what it is that we |
| 1:31.7 | develop, the intellectual product. |
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