China's New Space Warfare Capabilities Are Aimed At Undermining US Systems

China Expands Space Warfare Capabilities -- Epoch Times

New weapons aimed at undermining US systems.

New arenas of warfare are opening up. The U.S. military is already heavily reliant on satellites and communication systems, and countries like China are actively trying to undermine these systems.

“There’s not an operation conducted anywhere at any level that is not somehow dependent on space and cyberspace,” said General William L. Shelton, Commander of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, on Sept. 21, according to the Department of Defense.

Yet amid the proliferation of space and cyberspace in the military, the next challenge is to get all troops linked in and secure those connections.

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My Comment: The Chinese are publicly talking about their commitment to the peaceful use of space .... but they are providing no information on what some parts of their space program are actually doing.

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Is China Trouncing The U.S. In A New Space Race?

China’s Trouncing Of U.S. In Space Race: ‘Unmistakable Warning Signs’ -- Washington Times

It’s irrefutable, said one political science professor from Georgia: China is moving full speed ahead with its race to space, while other nations — including the United States — have entered yawn status.

“[There] are unmistakable warning signs that China may surpass the United States and Russia to become the world’s pre-eminent spacefaring power,” said John Hickman of Berry College in Georgia in a recent Foreign Policy article.

For example: China’s recent space mission, the piloted Shenzhou 10, “may determine the terms under which the spacefaring powers compete on the final frontier. … For Washington to continue to ignore Beijing’s resolute space policy doesn’t mean there is no space race. It means that Beijing wins by default.”

His opinion hardly stands alone.

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My Comment: The present day excitement in China on their space program reminds me of the excitement that I saw growing up in the old Soviet Union with their space program, and later when I started to follow NASA's space program. The times have certainly changed .... and while the West and Russia have scaled back their desire to explore space .... the Chinese believe that there should be no limits when it comes to exploring space. With such a mindset .... it is inevitable that one day China will become the dominant space power bar none.

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