Outer space

China looks to the stars to steal more power away from the U.S.

There are around 1,957 satellites in orbit around our planet. 849 of them belong to the United States- and out of those, only one of them -launched late last year- is resistant to jamming by foreign powers.

While this should be alarming to the United States of America, it seems one country takes more interest in this fact- The People’s Republic of the China.

Currently, the People’s Liberation Army (and by extension, the People’s Liberation Army, Navy and Marine Corps) is making extensive gains in power, projection and technology, with Chinese scientists focusing on Artificial Intelligence, anti-satellite weaponry and the ability to project themselves across the world in a manner similar to that of the United States.

With their “hands in a lot of jars,” China is currently working across the world and in space, including a space operation to clean up space debris, though the Defense Intelligence Agency claims that this could be a cover to set up operations against US-made satellites.

“China is employing more sophisticated satellite operations and probably is testing dual-use technologies that could be applied to counterspace missions,” the DIA report read.