The chief of the US Space Force has warned that China is putting military capabilities into space at a “mind-boggling” pace, significantly increasing the risk of warfare in orbit.

“The number of different categories of space weapons that [China has] created and … the speed with which they’re doing it is very threatening,” said General Chance Saltzman, head of space operations at the US military’s recently created force tasked with protecting American interests in space.

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    20 hours ago

    Lol, any orbital war would be extremely short lived due to the Kessler Syndrome. Tho the world’s leadership is definitely stubborn and dumb enough to not let such a silly thing like facts stop em.