Monday, February 7, 2011

U.S. Unveils Space Strategy, Noting China Threat

U.S. Unveils Space Strategy, Noting China Threat

Emerging Chinese defense technologies could enable the nation to block communications or destroy orbiting satellites, the U.S. Defense Department said on Friday as it rolled out a decade-long space security plan (see GSN, Feb. 3).
(Feb. 7) - A Chinese Long March 3-C rocket lifts the nation's Chang'e 2 lunar probe into space in October. Military equipment under development in China could threaten other countries' operations in outer space, the Pentagon warned last week (Getty Images).

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