19-02-2023, 11:13 PM
Space has " fundamentally transformed " in a few years, under the effect of an exponential arms race, estimated an American general in Munich, designating China as the "biggest threat " to be countered , ahead of Russia .
The arms race in space is nothing new. As early as 1985, the Pentagon had used a missile to destroy a satellite during a test. Since then, its rivals have demonstrated that they have the same skills: China did it in 2007, India in 2019. And at the end of 2021, Russia pulverized one of its own satellites with a missile launched from Earth.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/la...n-20230219
The arms race in space is nothing new. As early as 1985, the Pentagon had used a missile to destroy a satellite during a test. Since then, its rivals have demonstrated that they have the same skills: China did it in 2007, India in 2019. And at the end of 2021, Russia pulverized one of its own satellites with a missile launched from Earth.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/la...n-20230219