[Infowarrior] - Report: China targeting all 'enemy space vehicles' including GPS satellites

[Richard Forno]

 Report: China targeting all 'enemy space vehicles' including GPS satellites

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/ea_china_11_29.asp


China¹s anti-satellite and space warfare program includes plans to destroy
or incapacitate 'every enemy space vehicle' that passes over China.

The annual report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission,
released last week, listed among Beijing's goals that of ensuring that
Chinese space weapons are ³conducted covertly so China can maintain a
positive international image.² China has called for a ban on space weapons
at the United Nations.

The report said that China also is developing civilian technology that can
be applied to military space programs and is acquiring the ³ability to
destroy or temporarily incapacitate every enemy space vehicle when it is
located above China,² the report said.

The Chinese also plan to attack U.S. global positioning system (GPS)
satellites through various means, including anti-satellite weapons,
high-energy weapons, high-energy weather monitoring rockets and ground
attacks on earth-based stations.

One section of the report, based on public and classified briefings,
concluded there was a need for more information about Chinese activities and
intentions.

Research from nearly 100 Chinese sources identified 30 proposals and
recommendations by Chinese military leaders ³regarding the development of
space and counter-space weapons and programs.²

The military is also developing stealth satellites and a space program that
will ³provide key support for Chinese combat forces.²

³Some of these proposals appear to have been implemented already, as
evidenced by January¹s kinetic anti-satellite test and earlier laser
incidents involving American satellites,² the report said.