News Analysis Beijing has officially opposed the weaponization of space, but according to a Pentagon report, China has constructed ground-based missiles that can hit a satellite in orbit. “Beijing actively seeks space superiority through … space attack systems,” Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, told Congress. Similarly, Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, chief of Space Operations at the U.S. Space Force, warned that the biggest threat to security in space is China. Meanwhile, China and Russia have jointly suggested that agreements on the limitation of space weapons be established. U.S. experts, however, caution that this proposition has been made to prevent the United States from implementing missile defense systems. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) denies the existence of China’s space weapons. But in 2007, China used anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) to destroy a weather satellite, 500 miles above the Earth. The implementation of dual-use technology is one way that …
Space War Is Real and China Wants to Lead
October 27, 2021
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