US Space Assets in the Event of Hostilities with China The exposed soft underbelly of the United States By Edward K. Watson (April 20, 2001) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- China is rapidly becoming America’s next rival and its aggression and apparent alacrity for confronting the US seems to make a military conflict inevitable. Beijing realizes it lacks the military capability to engage US forces in symmetrical warfare and has consequently focused its efforts on asymmetrical means to neutralize American strength. Since China’s forces can’t survive a head-to-head confrontation against US forces, it has turned its attention to targeting America’s over-reliance on highly...