China's space hit spurs missile-defense debate
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China's use of a ground-based  missile to destroy a satellite last month should spur debate  about putting U.S. interceptor missiles in space, the head of  the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said Monday.
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Firing a missile to destroy a stricken space vehicle averts potential risk to people -- and eliminates any danger of its falling into the wrong hands
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WASHINGTON -- China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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France said on Thursday an Iranian rocket Tehran says is intended to put a satellite into orbit is in fact a missile that cannot navigate in space, and added to concerns that the technology is aimed at making weapons.
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The United States said on Tuesday that China's recent anti-satellite missile test had endangered hundreds of satellites and left debris in orbit for a century, but reiterated its opposition to a new global treaty on space.
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China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday. Japan sent an orbiter up last month. India is close behind. It's an economic competition with military undertones.
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China's test of an anti-satellite weapon last month underscores U.S. frustration in efforts to forge reliable communications with the secretive Chinese military, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.
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China is improving its capacity for launching surprise military attacks along its border areas, reflecting its view that preemption is necessary when confronting a more powerful enemy, the Pentagon said Friday.
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China has successfully tested a new  guided missile it says is highly accurate, state media said on  Tuesday amid rising tensions with arch-rival Taiwan.
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Security analysts say that Beijing's newly-proven ability to shoot down satellites could upend the balance of power in the Taiwan strait
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China does not plan another anti-satellite test, its defence minister was quoted as saying, a month after Beijing became the third country to shoot down an object in space.
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A year ago, relations between the Chinese military and the Pentagon seemed to be moving toward transparency. But now, with little warning, Beijing is pumping up its arms spending. What's happening?
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U.S. space officials will get a peek behind the closely guarded doors of China's space program next week during a visit that many experts believe is more about diplomacy than cooperation in technology.
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China on Tuesday called for talks on a space weapons treaty, a day after its defense minister reportedly said the country had no plans for a repeat of last month's test of an anti-satellite weapon.
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China, which put its first man in orbit last year, has built a national engineering and research center for small satellites, paving the way for large-scale production, state media said on Wednesday.
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BEIJING, Oct. 24 -- China launched a satellite rocketing toward lunar orbit Wednesday evening, the latest step in an ambitious national program to send more men into space, build a space station and eventually land Chinese astronauts on the moon.
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WASHINGTON -- China's recent success at destroying a satellite in low-Earth orbit threatens the interests of all space-faring nations and posed dangers to human space flight, the Pentagon said Friday.