Chinese President Xi Want's To Boost China's Military Power In Space (Updated)

Photo: The Long March 2C rocket launched with the Shijian 11-06 satellite at 10:46 a.m. Beijing time on March 31, 2014. Credit: Xinhua/Zhu Xiang

Xi Jinping Calls For Boosting China's Military Power In Space -- IBTimes

BEIJING (Reuters) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the air force to adopt an integrated air and space defense capability, in what state media Tuesday called a response to the increasing militarization of space by the United States and others.

While Beijing insists its space program is for peaceful purposes, a Pentagon report last year highlighted China's increasing space capabilities and said Beijing was pursuing a variety of activities aimed at preventing its adversaries from using space-based assets during a crisis.

Fears of a space arms race with the United States and other powers mounted after China blew up one of its own weather satellites with a ground-based missile in January 2007.

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