China is moving “breathtakingly fast” in space military technologies and posing strategic threats to the United States, America’s top space force official said on Tuesday.
USSF Commander General Stephen Whiting voiced concern about Beijing’s growing capabilities in three areas, echoing previous American warnings about a Chinese space-based “kill chain”.
“That is very concerning,” Whiting told military website Breaking Defence.
The general’s remarks came as space-based capabilities have played a crucial role in contemporary warfare, such as Operation Midnight Hammer over the weekend in which the US military carried out air strikes on suspected nuclear facilities in Iran.
Whiting identified three areas of concern, first singling out Beijing’s space-based targeting system aimed at locating, tracking and striking American and allied forces across the Indo-Pacific region.
