Op-ed | Space Force: premature or overdue?
What both the Russian and Chinese space forces reflect is a shifting view of the nature of future conflict, and the place space has within that view.
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From the MagazineOp-ed | Are we ready to meet the Chinese space challenge?
This month, the U.S. Department of Defense released its annual report to Congress on Chinese military and security developments. The report reflects the official views of DoD and the U.S. intelligence community on the state of the Chinese military and Chinese security activities. Its issuance has been protested annually by the People’s Republic of China as furthering perceptions of a “China threat.”
