Western nations are responding to the growing threat of space-based warfare from China and Russia, according to one expert, but much work remains to be done to mitigate risks to vital infrastructure. “We recognize that space is a critical domain for military operations, it’s an operational environment,” said Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, during a recent interview with EpochTV’s “China Insider.” “It’s not some sort of peaceful sanctuary that sits serene and untouched, above geopolitical rivalries on Earth below.” Davis said that space was a contested domain, where authoritarian nations were vying for control of terrestrial systems through extraterrestrial means. “It’s contested in the sense that you are seeing countries like China and Russia and others developing counterspace capabilities to attack and interfere with Western satellites and to deny us space support.” Numerous systems that are required for the daily operation of modern society …