China Increasing Military Use Of Space With New Satellites -- The Telegraph
China is taking rapid strides towards creating a network of reconnaissance satellites that could enable it to perfect a ballistic missile capable of sinking American nuclear supercarriers at long range, a report has claimed.
The assessment of China's growing space capabilities to be published in the Journal of Strategic Studies deepens concerns that China, which has long promised a "peaceful rise", is now developing a worrying array of offensive weapons technologies.
It comes as China's first aircraft carrier, the 60,000-ton refitted Ukrainian vessel Varyag, prepares is to undergo sea trials within weeks, according to report in China's state-run China Daily newspaper on Tuesday.
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My Comment: They want the high ground.
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