China's Space Program Is Aimed At Blocking U.S. Military Communications And Destroying Its Ability To Win Conflicts

Bloomberg: New Report Finds China's Space Plans Threaten U.S. Military Ability

(Bloomberg) -- China is developing space technologies aimed at blocking U.S. military communications and destroying its ability to win conflicts, according to a report commissioned by a panel created by the U.S. Congress.

“China’s improving space capabilities have negative-sum consequences for U.S. military security,” the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation said in the report. Its progress requires “the U.S. to prepare to confront an adversary possessing space and counter-space technologies.”

Update #1: US, China space rivalry grows as race for orbital commerce takes off -- Sydney Morning Herald
Update #2: Report: China Believes Space War Is Inevitable, Sets Goal Of Space Supremacy -- Daily Caller

WNU Editor: The report, compiled by the University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), is here.

China 's Air Force Wants To Go Into Space

Space To Be The Next Frontier For China's Air Force -- South China Morning Post

The PLA's airborne wing has been told to regroup and push new aeronautical limits but one big technological challenge bars the way

When the wraps came off the J-31 stealth fighter at the Zhuhai air show yesterday, there was double cause for celebration for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It not only marked the public debut of the country's the fifth-generation stealth fighter, it represented the progress China has made in the 65 years since its air force first got off the ground.

The J-31 is just one of a series of fighter jets to roll off mainland military production lines in recent years. Despite the advances there remains one gaping hole in China's winged military industrial complex - one that could stop it from realising the next mission set for it by the highest echelons of power.

Whatever their individual missions, the various jets fighters and aerial drones are building blocks for China's aim to push the next frontier - space.

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My Comment: The Chinese want to control the high ground.