General John Hyten, leader of the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM), has recently said the U.S. must be prepared for any aggression in space by China. Hyten made the statement at the Stanford University while giving a speech on Jan. 24.
According to the general, China tested its capability to destroy a low-Earth orbit satellite in 2007, and it continues to test that ability today at numerous orbital regimes. "In the not-too-distant future, they will be able to use that capability to threaten every spacecraft we have in space," Hyten said, according to a Defense Department press release. "We have to prevent that, and the best way to prevent war is to be prepared for war. So the United States is going to do that, and we are going to make sure that everybody knows we are prepared for war."
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