The War Zone
• Howard Altman
The Defense Intelligence Agency says China could use space-based directed-energy weapons to target satellites by the end of the decade. The warning underscores growing concern over threats to orbital assets, though the summary provides no further detail on weapon capabilities or deployment timelines.
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The Defense Intelligence Agency says China could use space-based directed-energy weapons to target satellites by the end of the decade. The warning underscores growing concern over threats to orbital assets, though the summary provides no further detail on weapon capabilities or deployment timelines.
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Images circulating on social media appear to show a COMAC CE-25A electric aircraft demonstrator at an airfield. The sparse information available offers no confirmation of the aircraft’s status, capabilities or intended role, leaving the photographs as the only reported evidence of the project.
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The Defense Intelligence Agency has published a rare image of China’s secretive Shenlong spaceplane in orbit, showing its payload bay open and another spacecraft attached at the rear. The reusable vehicle has flown four missions, according to reporting on the image.
A new U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment says China and Russia are expanding military and dual-use space capabilities as competition over access to and control of Earth’s orbital environment intensifies. The warning frames orbital security as an increasingly contested strategic domain.
A new Defense Intelligence Agency assessment says China has tripled its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellite fleet since 2018 and is expanding systems to track and target U.S. and allied forces. The report also reviews China’s reusable spaceplane and warns of growing Chinese and Russian counterspace capabilities, including potential directed-energy weapons in orbit.
U.S. intelligence assesses that China could deploy directed-energy weapons in orbit before the end of the decade. The report points to a potential expansion of military capabilities in space, though the article provides no further details on the systems or timeline.
China plans to use a Lanyue lunar lander cargo flight to demonstrate the vehicle’s ability to reach the surface before taikonauts fly aboard. The mission will carry items weighing no more than 50 kilograms, providing a pre-crewed test of the lander as part of China’s crewed Moon plans.
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