How China Could Win a War Against America: Kill The Satellites

Key point: China knows very well that the USA deeply relies on its satellites and other high-technology communications.

On 5th May 2020, China successfully launched the Long March-5B rocket designed to eventually transport astronauts into space. China also launches Earth-imaging and technology demonstration satellites into orbit. China has the ability to destroy the Sattelite and communication system of the USA.

These competencies[/b] are a purpose[/b] for difficulty[/b] due to[/b] Beijing’s concurrent funding[/b] in space weapons.Until now China has three different anti-satellite systems. China launched its first successful ground-based direct ascent anti-satellite missile, the SC-19, in 2007. Because the destruction of assets using anti-satellite technology is easily attributable, China is also pursuing a broad range of nondestructive directed-energy and electronic warfare weapons like lasers for blinding commercial and military imaging satellites. It is also working on radio frequency-jamming technologies capable of degrading or denying satellite communications and global navigation satellite systems like GPS.

China is planning to launch, the Tianwen-1 Mars mission, scheduled for August.

Although the U.S. cannot dismiss the severe economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, cutting the defense budget cannot repair the economy. Failure to deliver on key capabilities in space opens the door for China to undermine U.S. strategic advantages, which will be far more costly in the long run.

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