‘Don't turn outer space into warzone’: China slams US deployment of weapons in space
China has criticized the United States following the public acknowledgment that the U.S. possesses on-orbit space control weapons. Beijing urged the U.S. to avoid weaponizing space and to maintain global strategic stability.
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The disclosure of space-based weaponry marks a shift in military doctrine that could trigger a new arms race in the orbital domain.
China on Tuesday criticised the United States over its deployment of weapons in space, urging Washington to halt its military build-up in the domain and warning against turning outer space into a potential battlefield.The remarks came a day after US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink publicly acknowledged that the United States has “on-orbit space control weapons” capable of defending American forces against hostile action.China's foreign ministry said Beijing supports the peaceful use of outer space and opposes an arms race or the weaponisation of the domain."China stands for peaceful use of the outer space and keeping it safe, and opposes any arms race in outer space or any attempt to weaponize it and turn it into a warzone.
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