11
March 2019
Past Event
China's Hypersonic Missile Advances and U.S. Defense Responses

China's Hypersonic Missile Advances and U.S. Defense Responses

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 11, 2019
11
March 2019
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Dr. Thomas Karako

Senior Fellow and Director, Missile Defense Project, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dr. Austin Long

Nuclear Policy Advisor, Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Policy Division, Joint Staff J5, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Roger Zakheim

Washington Director, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

Rebeccah Heinrichs

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Hudson Institute hosted a discussion on China's military ambitions, specifically its hypersonic missile advances, and how the United States should respond. Hypersonic weapons travel at least five times the speed of sound and are especially challenging for U.S. defenses due to, in large part, their ability to evade the current radar and sensor architecture.

Panel participants included Mr. Roger Zakheim, Washington director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and member of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States; Dr. Austin Long, a nuclear policy advisor serving in the Joint Staff J5 (Strategy, Plans, and Policy) Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Policy Division; Dr. Thomas Karako, senior fellow with the International Security Program and the director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); and Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at Hudson Institute.

**NOTE: This event is open to the press. All members of the media should RSVP to press@hudson.org.**

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