Wednesday, September 25, 2013

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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