How the Pentagon is FUNDING China's hypersonic missiles

American firms funded by the Pentagon are selling their technology to Chinese companies involved in hypersonic missiles, according to a new analysis. The Washington Post uncovered evidence of more than 300 sales since 2019 of U.S.-origin technology to dozens of entities involved in China's hypersonics or missile programs, carried out by almost 50 firms. On Monday, The Washington Post reported that Pentagon-funded technology was being sold through intermediaries to China A Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept missile in seen in an artist's conception. General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in October 2021 said the U.S. was deeply concerned by the Chinese missile test, and was watching closely One of the companies was Arizona-based Zona Technology, which sold technology through resellers to the Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics. China is racing the U.S. to get the best hypersonic missiles Zona Technology, in Arizona, is funded partially through Pentagon grants and has sold equipment and technology to middlemen who sold it on to China Another Arizona firm, 4D Technology, is also selling technology through intermediaries to Beijing Another of the companies selling through middlemen to CAAA was California-based Metacomp Technologies which, like Zona, works with the U.S. military and received a SIBR grant - in Metacomp's case, of $13.9 million.