Posted on 12/19/2018 8:21:54 AM PST by Mariner
China said Wednesday it opposed the "weaponisation" of space as it criticised US President Donald Trump's orders to create a new command centre for controlling military space operations.
"China has consistently proposed the peaceful usage of space, and opposes the weaponisation of space and a space arms race," said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a press briefing.
"We oppose even further turning space into the new battleground," she added.
On Tuesday, Trump ordered the creation of "Space Command", a new organisational structure within the Pentagon that will have overall control of military space operations.
SpaceCom, as it will inevitably come to be known, will be on equal footing with other US military commands, such as Central Command in the Middle East or Indo-Pacific Command in Asia, and will require a new headquarters as well as a commander and deputy commander who will need Senate approval.
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You started with your orbiting ASAT weapons.
I was just going to say, aren’t you guys in China doing the same thing and bragging about it?
Let the best Space Team win!
Oh sure. Red China can weaponize space all they want, but never the USA.
fu China, if we believe it is advantageous, we will defend ourselves
Mind your own biz...
It’s so funny, liberals hate Trump for dumb shit, like his tweets. But he is the first president in my lifetime to take on China full-on and he gets zero credit from them. If nothing else, he should get mega credit for confronting this extremely dangerous threat.
Tell China to stop building Aircraft Carriers
They learned from the Soviets that the U.S. Congress and media are quite willing to constrain our military, while ignoring international threats to America.
In the same tone of voice as they warned Southeast Asia nations against occupying many disputed islands and shoals in the Western Philippine Sea???
As She proceeded to dredge, fill, build and militarily defend those same islands and shoals???
Even tho most of them are HUNDREDS of miles distant???
...That China?
Time to put a Big Foot down, I fear.
Right, as though there were commercial space flight
programs in China. Bwhahahah.
They learned from the Soviets that the U.S. Congress and media are quite willing to constrain our military, while ignoring international threats to America.
They learned that during the Clinton years while aboard various Navy capitol ships ‘observing’ operations ...
Space has been weaponized since the first flight of the XB-37.
Cue the co-ed shower scene from Starship Troopers.
Actually MUCH earlier....SALT I and II. (72 & 79)
I meant learned in the sense of hands on rather than academic so to speak.
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