CHINA’S LUNAR SATELLITE COULD STAB U.S EARLY WARNING SATELLITES IN THE BACK

Source: The Drive

By Tyler Rogoway

China continues to push forward with its ambitious lunar base program, one that supposedly aims for a manned lunar landing by around 2030.

But there are emerging concerns that the satellites being sent to support this initiative could also have a far darker purpose—attacking the Pentagon’s most critical space-based assets that live in geosynchronous orbit, beginning roughly 22,000 miles above the Earth’s surface.

These include strategic surveillance platforms, like America’s space-based infrared early warning satellite network that detects and tracks ballistic missile launches during their early boost stages and possibly beyond.

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