A Chinese national who was attached to the state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China and actively worked on hypersonic weapons has switched sides.This has grave implications since the hypersonic weapon is one space where the U.S is lagging behind.The US officials were left stunned when a Financial Times report revealed that Beijing had tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August last year.The US has been facing difficulty in this technology – for example, in December the Air Force’s Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) failed in testing for the third time running in 2021, not even leaving the wing of the B-52 bomber carrying it.But things could now change now.In this video Defense Updates analyzes how the defection of Chinese scientist working on hypersonic weapons to the U.S is a major victory? #DefenseUpdates # ChineseScientistDefect #HypersonicWeapon