US weighs offensive space tactics as China satellite rivalry intensifies

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The United States is considering offensive space tactics aimed at disabling Chinese military satellites amid growing rivalry in space. Analysts note the absence of reliable communication channels between the US and China to mitigate risks in increasingly congested orbital environments.

The US is preparing offensive weapons to blind China’s military satellites in any future conflict, even as the two sides lack reliable channels to manage risks in an increasingly crowded orbit, defence analysts said on Tuesday. Kari Bingen, director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and a former US deputy under secretary of defence for intelligence, said that Washington was openly debating how to “hold at risk” the satellites that...