New US Defense Space Strategy Aims For Space Superiority Over China And Russia

US President Donald Trump views the new Space Force flag in May. The military branch was officially established in December. Photo: Reuters

SCMP: US aims for space superiority over China and Russia in new defence strategy

  * Pentagon identifies the two countries as greatest strategic threats to US, saying they have ‘weaponised space’
  * Report released a day after China had to delay its final BeiDou-3 satellite launch because of ‘technical problems’

The United States has unveiled a new defence space strategy, aiming to maintain superiority in military, commercial and other activities where it has been challenged by China and Russia.

The strategic report was released by the Pentagon on Wednesday, a day after China had to delay its last BeiDou-3 satellite launch
because of “technical problems”. The satellite is the final and 30th of the third-generation BeiDou navigation system, China’s answer to the Global Positioning System (GPS), which is owned by the United States government and run by the US Air Force.

In the report, the Pentagon identified China and Russia as the greatest strategic threats to the US, and it said the “actions, intentions and military strategies of potential adversaries” had turned space into a warfighting domain.

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New US space strategy targets Russia and China -- Asia Times
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The Pentagon says it needs to be ready should an adversary try to fry satellites by detonating a nuke in space -- Business Insider
New DOD Space Strategy Warns of Growing Threats from Russia, China -- Air Force Magazine
The Pentagon is worried that adversaries will pop off a nuke in space to destroy its satellites, just like in ‘GoldenEye’ -- Task & Purpose
Russia, China Putting US Military Space Superiority at Risk, Pentagon Says -- Sputnik