US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Both countries are expanding military space tools as satellites become more crowded and more vulnerable to inspection, disruption and capture, officials and analysts said.
- In June, a secretive Chinese spaceplane released a small satellite that looped around another Chinese spacecraft before returning, according to tracking data from LeoLabs.
- Militaries increasingly view satellites as active weapons platforms capable of jamming or capturing enemy craft; U.S. officials describe synchronized proximity maneuvering as orbital "dogfighting."
- In September last year, U.S. and British forces maneuvered a military satellite near a U.K. craft as China's Shiyan 12-01 satellite passed about 83 kilometers beneath them, per Slingshot Aerospace.
- U.S. Space Command head General Stephen Whiting warned that adversaries seek to target U.S. space assets early in conflict, while General Chance Saltzman stated China is developing ground- and space-based weapons.
- Beijing and Washington are preparing for potential conflict extending into space as orbit becomes increasingly crowded with AI-enabled satellites; SpaceX operates about 11,000 Starlink satellites amid this competition.
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The US and China are transforming satellites from communications and intelligence support systems into active instruments of space confrontation.
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US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
By Cassell Bryan-Low, Joey Roulette and Eduardo Baptista Sept 2 (Reuters) - In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by U.S. military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowd...
The first joint US-UK orbital military operation, directed against an alleged Chinese spy satellite, exposes the growing tension around space security and the Indo-Pacific.
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