• The deployment of next-generation space weapons by the PLA has caused worry among military organizations
• American space assets have never been in jeopardy until China's ascension to superpower status
• The Chinese space arsenal poses the greatest danger to weaponized space

Chinese space weapons launched by the PLA might severely damage US space assets.

The United States Department of Defense has never anticipated China's progress in space warfare and other capabilities.

Chinese Space Weapons

An official statement from India's Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, revealed on March 21 that the weaponizing of space is underway. The zones of warfare where war is conducted now will soon encompass the atmosphere of earth, claimed Eurasian Times.

The chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) described space as the ultimate high ground with the ability to attack or defend Indian assets to gain a competitive edge and be prepared for the future.

US Chief of Space Operations General Bradley Chance Saltzman states that a space arms race has altered. According to VOA News, he characterized China as a greater threat than Russia.

Competitors in the United States are striving to operationalize various weapon innovations. These weapons are redefining what it means to fight in space.

Last March 14, when Saltzman testified in the Senate, he debriefed how the space force will prepare to meet these challenges. According to General Saltzman of the US Department of Defense, there are two types of space threats: threats from space and weapons designed to destroy space assets.

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US Space Assets are Losing Security

China and Russia have created space assets capable of attacking the United States military in all areas on earth. Both countries are working to develop the technologies necessary to destroy US assets.

According to the Daily Mail, China intends to kill the United States in space via digital assaults, electronic attacks, lasers to blind sensors, anti-satellite missiles, and platforms to disrupt and destroy hostile spacecraft.

Air and Land Space Forces noted in revelations during the previous two years that Beijing and Moscow have 70 percent more space systems than in 2015, a significant improvement from 2015 to 2018. The private sector developed these technologies.

The entire value of the global space business is $1.4 trillion, and China has supplanted the United States as the sector's leader. However, America and the European Space Agency view it as dangerous.

Most nations without comparable space access will rely on others to reach space. China will rule space and become an economic and military superpower by 2024. China will surpass Russia in its space program by 2030.

China conducted most space launches in 2018, with 55 flights in 2021. Josephine Millward, a space technology investor, said the Chinese space program surpasses all others. 

A US deficit, and the Chinese have done much space-related activity in less than years, even a Jupiter mission by 2030. Therefore, the United States and its allies will not permit Beijing or Moscow to make significant gains. The PLA will launch Chinese space weapons against American space assets when the time is perfect.

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