The Shenzhou-13 launches with three astronauts from China Manned Space Agency on board early on October 16, 2021. China is making great strides in militarily conquering aerospace, leaving the West aghast.<\/p>\n
China launched its debris cleaning Shijian 21-satellite on Saturday, sparking concerns among defense specialists as it clearly demonstrates China\u2019s taking the lead in aerospace weaponization.<\/p>\n
However, the satellite is said to be \u201ctasked with demonstrating technologies to alleviate and neutralize space debris.\u201d<\/p>\n
This latest act of saber-rattling has worried several aerospace defense specialists, who have been sounding the alarm for some time now.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeijing actively seeks space superiority through space and space attack systems,\u201d Commander, U.S. Space Command, James Dickinson, said while testifying on April 20 before a Senate Armed Services Committee session dedicated to concerns about China\u2019s weaponized space program.<\/p>\n
The problem lies with the fact that the vehicle has multiple applicable tasks and can also be deployed to exterminate hostile spacecraft, as Dickinson explained:<\/p>\n
\u201cOne notable object is the Shijian-17 (similar to the Shijian-21), a Chinese satellite with a robotic arm. Space-based robotic arm technology could be used in a future system[s] for grappling other satellites.\u201d Dickinson added.<\/p>\n
These tasks could be utilized in conjunction with a broader range of tactics involving several types of ground-launched anti-satellite missiles capable of hitting satellites in low-, medium- and high-altitude orbits, and electronic jammers and lasers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe see their capabilities from direct-ascent ASAT (anti-satellite capabilities) to on-orbit activity that they\u2019ve done with that capability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 16, China launched a manned module Shenzhou-13 into orbit, asserting its dual potential to perform peaceful missions.<\/p>\n
\u201cChina will work together with other countries in the world for the peaceful use of space and the benefit of mankind,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at the time of launch, reassuring it \u201cinvolved a spacecraft rather than a missile.\u201d<\/p>\n
China\u2019s space weapons build-up also is steeped in deception, Dickinson remarked. \u201cAll the while, China continues to maintain their public stance against the weaponization of space,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In August, China rocked the planet by launching a hypersonic missile that circumvented the earth in minutes before it crashed only a few miles away from its intended target, stunning U.S. intelligence aerospace spotters, who claimed they missed it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no idea how they did this,\u201d said an unidentified source familiar with the matters revolving around aerospace defense about the launch of the hypersonic missile, the Financial Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Fox hostess Laura Ingraham was so vexed by the apparent \u201cblas\u00e9 response\u201d of the Biden administration stating that the Biden team \u201cworries more about the Republican threat than it worries about the threat caused by the CCP,\u201d on her Oct. 20 show<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ingraham concluded: \u201cSo long as we\u2019re hampered by Biden and our current military\u00a0 and intel leadership, China must be regarded as the dominant power in Asia and the most powerful country in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n