Space warfare is typically viewed as a geopolitical threat that lies on the perpetual horizon, but in reality, the weaponization of outer space is already happening. Take for example 2023 testimony from Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John F. Plumb, who informed the Department of Defense in 2023 that outer space threats have escalated significantly in both number and sophistication in recent years. More specifically, Plumb warned that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has already developed ground-based counterspace weapons and is advancing its capacity to destroy or disable US satellites. The effort is part of China’s broader space architecture, which seeks to bolster the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) capacity to conduct long-range precision strikes, thereby posing a direct challenge to US military operations in the Indo-Pacific region.
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