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August 20, 2015

US Sees Space as Next Potential Battlefield With China
Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2015
The United States must take a defensive posture in space to counter threats posed by Chinese anti-satellite capabilities, Booz Allen Hamilton Executive Vice President Henry Obering said on Wednesday. "We must treat space for what it is, it is a domain in which we must be prepared to fight and win," Obering stated at a Hudson Institute conference on advanced military threats from China. Over the past decade, China has demonstrated increasing capabilities to counter advanced space assets. It t ... read more

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