US must be able to ‘turn around and punch’ in space as China boosts satellites: general

China’s rapid expansion of surveillance satellites means protective measures in space are not sufficient for the United States, which needs the offensive capability to “turn around and punch”, a US Space Force general said. According to the US military news website The War Zone, Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon said China had built “the second-best remote sensing architecture in the world from outer space”. He said China had expanded from fewer than 100 satellites in 2013, when Xi Jinping first...


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