> China's hypersonics may work better than Russia's

They probably do. But absent positive profiling, it doesn’t make sense to design against a hypothetical super weapon.

You are quite confused.

Anticipating the future and developing counters/mitigations is at the very core of what pentagon planners do.

> Anticipating the future and developing counters/mitigations is at the very core of what pentagon planners do.

Is this when they aren’t making pretty boats with pictures on the back?

Signs of excellent decision making are limited at this time.

That presumes no future innovation or improvement in defense systems.

Which with the way the US is being managed might be true, but generally there's no evidence that China has a missile which cannot be intercepted by refined means we already know.