China is apparently developing missiles — including a new system that would repel long-range weapons — for a future conflict with the United States, according to news reports.

"We will pay close attention to relevant actions of the U.S. and [South Korea] and will take necessary measures to maintain national strategic security as well as regional strategic equilibrium," Chinese Defense Ministry Sr. Col. Yang Yujun said last month in a report published Wednesday by The National Interest.

Yang's comment marked the first admission by Chinese defense officials that the secretive anti-missile system was being developed.

The system is a "revolutionary hypersonic strike vehicle that skims the upper atmosphere and can maneuver in a bid to defeat U.S. strategic defenses," the National Interest reports.

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