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US-China race for orbital supremacy could decide a Taiwan war

The opening moves of a future US-China war over Taiwan may be made not across the Pacific but hundreds of kilometers above it, as both sides race to seize the orbital advantage that underpins modern military power. The US and China are accelerating preparations for potential space warfare, increasingly treating orbital spacecraft as active combat […] The post <a...

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The opening moves of a future US-China war over Taiwan may be made not across the Pacific but hundreds of kilometers above it, as both sides race to seize the orbital advantage that underpins modern...

The US and China are accelerating preparations for potential space warfare, increasingly treating orbital spacecraft as active combat […] The post <a...

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The opening moves of a future US-China war over Taiwan may be made not across the Pacific but hundreds of kilometers above it, as both sides race to seize the orbital advantage that underpins modern military power. The US and China are accelerating preparations for potential space warfare, increasingly treating orbital spacecraft as active combat […] The post <a...

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