let's go into space because it's in our
DNA or let's explore because we're
Americans and we move a frontier that is
never driven anything but you know what
has
the war driver
we must prepare for war against China
not because we're going to cause War but
because they want war
and militarily you can't be number one
on earth if you're number two in space
longer a race between just the U.S and
Russia
China has leap rocked Russia launching
more Rockets than the US in 2022
and China has a satellite with a claw
arm that can reach out and disable other
country satellites
they will tell you that that's not true
but in fact it is true
American superiority in space is
absolutely vital
space between the Moon and Earth an area
called CIS lunar
a Chinese satellite was caught
red-handed when it snuck away from its
position in Earth orbit to do something
very unsettling
U.S police commands says China is
building capabilities that put most U.S
space assets at risk
we are learning that images taken to the
Spy Balloons by high altitude YouTube
planes show in detail five antennas huge
solar panels all of this especially
alarming as the balloon passed over
sensitive military sites before the U.S
Air Force shot it down off the South
Carolina coast
we don't want there to be a war in space
we want all of humanity to continue to
use all the benefits of space for all of
our good but but if others choose to
start a war there we'll be ready
the Ukraine crisis is the first major
conflict in which both sides have become
so reliant on Space the use of
commercial space capabilities to augment
military and National decision-making
capabilities has proven to be effective
for the ukrainians I think we can look
at some of the observations we're seeing
in Ukraine that a distributed
architecture where there are more
Satellites with with proliferated
emissions that's harder to attack big
single satellites are much easier to
attack than a distributed proliferated
constellation of capabilities it becomes
a tougher targeting problem what are the
rules of engagement for the use of space
weapons
any code of conduct for space tailings
tracking testing of weapons in space and
other hostile military acts 401 Ranch
House space force was created to avoid
an actual shooting war in space or on
the moon General Sean Bratton how do you
determine what is a hostile act in space
we're working through that now we don't
have that history like we do in the
other domains to build upon and so as
we're encountering these these
threatening activities for the first
time it's forcing us to really Define
these terms we pick up heading 270
Detonator Chinese dragon following good
hit dead man who are the main players or
shall we say adversaries space
coalitions are forming once again today
the United States China and Russia are
certainly the most capable space-faring
Nations these competitors seek to turn
the global security system on its head
rewrite the rules in their favor and
according to their authoritarian view of
the world world this threatens global
stability and efforts for peace the
United States and our allies and
partners seek to maintain the system
vote on the ideas of freedom and
democracy U.S officials have just called
out China for his pursuit of space
superiority you know there are certain
countries in this world that have
hundreds of military bases all over the
world and a massive military-industrial
complex only one country has a space
force and that's America
and so that's just what's happening is
that there's rather than one big guy in
town now there are other New Kids on the
Block that are flexing their muscles and
trying to impress moving from a unipolla
to a multi-polar geopolitical world and
that is coming whether a certain
quarters like it or not it's that real
politic is going on and you know there
are countries that would rather China
wasn't quite so successful and others
that with China was even more successful
former foreign minister Giorgio says
China is more likely to inspire a
multi-polar world than replace the
United States as the dominant Global
power the current policy of identifying
Russia's enemy
and China is long-term strategic
competitor
shows U.S determination to preserve its
Global dominance with the help of a
Western Alliance
he argues that China has no ambition to
become the single pole of power if
tensions on Earth are any indication of
the relations in space we should be
space fearing as war that begins on
Earth can extend into outer space
can we continue this relationship with
Russia on the ISS that is what is
amazing in the civilian Space Program
we can have this professional
relationship that goes on without a
hitch
between Russians and Americans space
Flyers while on the face of the Earth
the leader of Russia is doing an
unconscionable invasion of another
sovereign country a little more cynical
I said wait a minute
you think that just because you
transport humans from Earth's surface
where we're killing each other into
space that all of a sudden we're going
to behave completely differently then
you don't understand humans
by the way I'll believe it if you could
demonstrate you could do it on Earth and
by the way if you can do it in space why
not do it on Earth
show me
if we if if why should space be any
different by the way Earth is in space
last I checked okay
the U.S space command and the U.S space
force is a commitment to space security
with NATO has been declaring that space
is two an operation domain in a space
war that is willing to use offensive
weapons or in the middle of one of the
most fundamental changes in the
character of war in the history of
mankind country that that adapts the
fastest that country that innovates the
most that country is going to have a
decisive Advantage at the beginning of a
war which I suspect will happen at some
point in time sometime in the Deep
future we're watching pretty much any
part of the world that we need to be
watching for my National Security
perspective and we're capable of
watching any part of the globe also
would like for our adversaries to know
what we can do there are some things
that we can do that I think would help
chill their enthusiasm for aggression if
they knew more about our capability the
space Force's capabilities what we can
provide to the Joint forests are
extremely capable and I still put us at
the head of the table
unfortunately our adversaries are
investing heavily to close that Gap and
and supersede us I'm worried about the
pace with which they are making those
changes China first amongst them but
Russia also trust is low and likely to
dip even further Russia and China will
always be portrayed as aggressive
commanders here were a Beijing a Moscow
could one day deploy offensive military
weapons into space between the Moon and
Earth an area called CIS lunar what is
your concern about and sis lunar they
were very secretive there is no openness
at all to their space program they do
not want to cooperate and it's primarily
a military program now they will tell
you that that's not true but in fact it
is true deutsvilla reports that a
satellite tracking company spotted a
Chinese satellite sneaking around in
Earth orbit China's sj21 satellite
disappeared from its regular position as
j21 was later spotted executing a large
maneuver to bring it closely alongside
another Chinese satellite sj21 then
grabbed the dead satellite over the
course of the next few days the two
spacecraft moved together Westward on
January 26th they separated and the dead
satellite was pushed into a graveyard
orbit after pushing the dead satellite
into a graveyard orbit sj21 has returned
to its original position although such
satellites can be used for good the
evidence is not welcome news for a
pentagon policy makers as this means
China has the ability to use similar
satellites to grab American satellites
and Destroy them by pushing them into
Earth's atmosphere
while both Russia and China are
developing capabilities to destroy U.S
satellites in all orbital regimes at all
altitudes they well know American High
Precision War fighting is dependent on
Space Systems
is moving into space in a big way
president Xi Jinping has said that outer
space is a key part of the China dream
Beijing also sees space as a crucial
aspect of its aim to become the world's
number one technological great power by
2049 with an intimidating military China
has a network of communication
satellites ringing the Earth which are
vital for maintaining both the internet
and its surveillance of what's happening
on the earth and as part of this broader
satellite system Beijing is also pushing
forward the development of missiles and
electronic weapons that can Target
satellites in low and high orbit
China can use sensors to detect enemy
submarines at sea
an already tested Hypersonic weapons
those that can fly at least five times
faster than the speed of sound face crap
where tailing a U.S satellite instantly
making breaking news as a threat to U.S
national security February 2nd 2022 in
California SpaceX launched a classified
government satellite into orbit
believed to be a top secret
state-of-the-art spy satellite
within months Russia launched its own
spy satellite Cosmo 2558 placing it in
the same orbit and just beneath the U.S
satellite that's really irresponsible
Behavior but we see that it's in a
similar orbit to one of our high value
assets for the US government I think
they're trying to send a message that
they could Target somebody else's as
well and uh and now we have to deal with
the aftermath of those those tests the
U.S uses its spy satellites to monitor
what its adversaries are doing
how vulnerable are American satellites
the U.S says both Russia and China have
intentionally demonstrated offensive
military capabilities in space targeting
and destroying their own satellites
scattering thousands of pieces of debris
across low earth orbit days ago in the
Washington Post in Washington Military
planners are realizing that China has
surpassed the United States in
Hypersonic military technology does
anyone seated at the table disagree with
that assessment
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Congressman I think in terms of
Assessments we should probably take that
to a classified discussion with
gajillions of dollars we're going to
sufficiently deter China and what you
said last year what you've confirmed now
is that
we need a capability in the near term
that we do not have what this leak shows
is that China has it can you think of
any other world leader trade places with
xinji paint
not a joke do you think of any who would
I can't think of one this man has
enormous problems
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