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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14853869/China-technology-advancing-fast-leapfrog-US.html
China's space-based military technology is developing
'breathtakingly fast' with US forces at risk from Beijing's
'kill chain', Washington has warned.
Beijing have been catching up in the arms race to develop
missile technology that can be sent from space at a 'very
concerning rate', the top commander of the US Space Force
(USSF) added.
The so-called kill chain - which identifies, tracks and
attacks a target - could be used on US and allied forces
in the Indo-Pacific as well as 'over-the-horizon' precision
strikes, General Stephen Whiting told The Telegraph.
The warning comes only a month after Donald Trump unveiled
his own plans for a $175 billion 'Golden Dome' defence
system which he says will protect the US from the world's
most powerful weapons.
The integration of space-tech with China's army, navy and
air force has made them 'more lethal, more precise and
more far-ranging' - and could take the lead from the US
in the space-arms race.
Earlier this year, the USSF said that China had conducted
several synchronised satellite manoeuvres in low Earth orbit,
also known as 'dogfighting'.
'They are practicing tactics, techniques, and procedures
to do on-orbit space operations from one satellite to another,'
General Michael Guetlein, the Deputy Chief of US Space Operations
at the USSF, said.
He added: 'There used to be a significant capability gap
between the United States and our adversaries, driven by
our technological advantage.
. . .
China has the money tech and WILL ... and maybe
a PLAN.
Let's be plain, even right now, any western campaign
against a China move on Taiwan and beyond would be
hideously difficult even without a single nuke
involved.
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