re: Hypersonic missiles - you buying the US doesn’t have them or a defense for them?

Because every shred of empirical evidence we have proves that we have stayed decades ahead of everyone else in force projection. We spend more than the rest of the world combined. While we certainly waste more than them all combined, we also undoubtedly productively spend far more than China does. Theres no reason to believe anyone has leveled with us. There's no evidence for it. China is just now attempting to field planes and ships that can compete with our 70's airframes and whether they REALLY can compete or not is still up for debate.

We may not be as dominant as we were in the 80's and 90's, but we are still the only country who can project power globally.