Air Force Gen. John Hyten

Hyten: China’s ‘Unprecedented Nuclear Modernization’ Chief Concern

Chinese DF-5B Nuclear Weapons. People’s Liberation Army Photo

The speed of China’s “unprecedented nuclear modernization” and its “build-out of a modernized triad” is the biggest concern for the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as he nears the end of his tenure.

In the last year, the Chinese have built two new ballistic missile silo fields for their intercontinental ballistic missiles.

“There’re no limits on what they can put in those silos,” adding to the threat, Air Force Gen. John...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/14/hyten-chinas-unprecedented-nuclear-modernization-chief-concern

Hyten: U.S. ‘Not In A Very Good Position’ Due to Chinese and Russian Missile Capabilities

Chinese DF-26 missiles on display during a military parade in Tiananmen Square. Photo via globalsecurity.org

China, Russia, North Korea and Iran’s continued investment in modernizing cruise, ballistic and hypersonic missiles has left the United States “not in a very good position,” the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Tuesday.

Air Force Gen. John Hyten, speaking in a Center for Strategic and International Studies online forum, said “we need [to] have a strategic deterrence review” that...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/24/hyten-u-s-not-in-a-very-good-position-due-to-chinese-and-russian-missile-capabilities

Senate Confirms Milley for Joint Chiefs Chair; Hearings for Vice Chair, CNO Nominees Set for Next Week

Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Gen. Mark A. Milley, salutes Dr. Anthony Hassan and Brian Kinsella during his last Salute from the Chief ceremony. US Army Photo

The Senate confirmed Army Gen. Mark Milley to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Thursday afternoon.

Milley, a 1980 graduate of Princeton University, has held several command and staff positions in eight Army divisions and the Special Forces. Before being selected by President Donald Trump to chair the Joint Chiefs, Milley had...

https://news.usni.org/2019/07/26/senate-confirms-milley-for-joint-chiefs-chair-hearings-for-vice-chair-cno-nominees-set-for-next-week