On 15 September the BBC reported that the United States had confirmed it deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit, the first time it has acknowledged such offensive capabilities. The article went on to note that China had responded by warning against an “arms race” in space. A foreign ministry spokesperson in Beijing said: “We …


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  • deft
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    They’re like 1 of 4 countries that have definitely escalated this nonsense. China is intentionally hypocritical in their messaging.

  • Lydia_K@lemmy.world
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    They also shot a missile at a satellite and added a ton of high velocity junk into orbit just a few years ago, so not exactly the patron saints of protecting space over there either.