China and the US are once again at odds over their rival space programs.
"The US has stolen intelligence information." In the latest shot, state-affiliated news outletthat this week Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the US to be a little more friendly while in orbit.
"The US has stolen intelligence information and engaged in close-in reconnaissance in the space domain, just as it has done in other domains," Zhao toldon Tuesday. "This would bring a serious negative impact on global strategic stability and constitute grave threats to peace and security in outer space."Lijian said the US has been aggressively developing and deploying communication-breaking devices and space weapons.
It's true that the US has been basically dumping money into the Space Force, which oversees the unit that works at the National Space Intelligence Center, and there's no question that the Trump-founded military branch is a bid to establish space as a warfighting domain. Earlier this year the armed forces division asked for a 40 percent larger budget bringing its total to a whopping $24.5 billion, comparable to the budget of the peaceful NASA. Most of it will go toward research and development and missile warning systems,
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