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posted by chromas on Saturday January 26 2019, @04:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8ksnyMegg dept.

Defense intelligence report: China in steady pursuit of space capabilities to outmatch U.S.

An unclassified report released Jan. 15 [PDF] by the Defense Intelligence Agency does not reveal anything new about China's advances in space technologies and capabilities. But it does highlight one major concern for the Pentagon: China's military is becoming increasingly adept at militarizing commercial space technologies.

The People's Republic of China is conducting "sophisticated satellite operations and probably is testing on-orbit dual-use technologies that could be applied to counterspace missions," said the DIA in its first unclassified report made public on China's military power.

China's space advances in support of civil, economic and political goals could provide the nation a significant edge in military operations, the DIA said. Chinese military strategists regard the ability to use space-based systems and deny them to adversaries as central to enabling modern warfare. "As a result, the People's Republic of China continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space," said the report.

The PDF is 140 pages long.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Saturday January 26 2019, @04:57PM (7 children)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 26 2019, @04:57PM (#792351) Journal

    "As a result, the People's Republic of China continues to strengthen its military space capabilities despite its public stance against the militarization of space,"

    "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock."
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Saturday January 26 2019, @05:29PM (6 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Saturday January 26 2019, @05:29PM (#792361)

    So what's the proper term for "Those guys we keep threatening are developing capabilities to try to close the gap with us ?"

    • (Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:17PM (1 child)

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 26 2019, @06:17PM (#792373) Journal

      Well, there are some really people and systems in the world that straightforwardly have bad designs and intent and need to not be propped up until they find a rock, as we have been with China.
       
      That said, there are certainly policies (internally and externally) in place by the US (or any other country for that matter) that are...shall we say...not appropriate.
       
      In your opinion, is there a specific(*) threatening policy with regard to China that should be changed? If so,

        - why was the policy initially implemented and does it still apply,
        - why should it be changed,
        - in what realistic way should it be changed,
        - to-what should it be changed,
        - what is the goal of the change,
        - and what is the result you would foresee from this change?
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      * - not 'stop interfering everywhere bad country!' not a copypasta strawman list, not 'orange man bad', nor other generic viewpoint

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 26 2019, @09:22PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 26 2019, @09:22PM (#792445)

        "there are some really people and systems in the world that straightforwardly have bad designs and intent and need to not be propped up until they find a rock, as we have been with China"

        sure thing...

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday January 26 2019, @09:48PM (3 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday January 26 2019, @09:48PM (#792451) Journal

      "Competing imperial powers." Let's face it, the US is not the good guys. China just happens to be even worse. There are no good guys in empire.

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      • (Score: 1) by anubi on Saturday January 26 2019, @10:18PM (1 child)

        by anubi (2828) on Saturday January 26 2019, @10:18PM (#792455) Journal

        I still wonder why America leaves so much of its technical talent unused.

        And values even more the organizational and leadership skills that tell lower level engineers, machinists, assemblers, etc., that they no longer have a job... As outsourcing our technology is cheaper.

        Then they seem to delight in security theater over copying a song. By deliberately inserting covert backdoors and remote system functions.

        Didn't anyone get what +Fravia was trying to warn us about?

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @09:18AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @09:18AM (#792588)

          because they are flaming idiots
          and so are we
          outsourcing making bullets because it is cheaper? what utter rot

          never outsource industries you can't afford to lose

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @12:57PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 27 2019, @12:57PM (#792608)

        Not that long ago a teacher in China was giving lesson on language. Students reported her for being a traitor because some of the single symbols being taught in a lesson, if rearranged, could be interpreted as being against the party. She was imprisoned, tortured, and in the end thrown into a cell full of males with her arms bound behind her back.

        You think China is civilised? Look where they came from. Look what they are doing now. Draining people's bank accounts. Kidnapping people, disappearing them. Nothing has changed.