China’s Space Force Is Way Ahead of Trump’s
STAR WARS
Beijing and Washington are heading for a military standoff in outer space—and cyberspace, and on the high seas, too.
HONG KONG—Nearly a year and a half after Donald J. Trump ordered the
Pentagon to establish the U.S. Space Force—a whole new sixth branch of
the American armed forces—he signed the 2020 National Defense
Authorization Act on Dec. 20. At least on paper, the U.S. Space Force is
now a reality.
But the United States is late to this game. The Russians have been organizing and reorganizing space force variants since the 1990s. And more importantly, the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Liberation Army has had such an organization up and running for the last four years. It’s called the PLA Strategic Support Force, and it is something of a technological juggernaut responsible for space, cyber, electronic, and psychological warfare.
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But the United States is late to this game. The Russians have been organizing and reorganizing space force variants since the 1990s. And more importantly, the Chinese Communist Party’s People’s Liberation Army has had such an organization up and running for the last four years. It’s called the PLA Strategic Support Force, and it is something of a technological juggernaut responsible for space, cyber, electronic, and psychological warfare.
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