China’s push to harness “quality data” for military use has put Beijing “way ahead of us” in this area of high technology, but the Pentagon remains the leader in domain expertise like anti-submarine warfare and artificial intelligence, a former vice chief of naval operations said last week. Retired Adm. Bill Moran declined to call Beijing’s advances in hypersonic weapons a “Sputnik moment” for the American military, but he acknowledged “we’re in a race” to keep a technological edge. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley last month said China’s hypersonic test firing over the summer “has … Continue reading Former VCNO: China Ahead of U.S. in Applying Data to Military Use