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<blockquote data-quote="RugersGR8" data-source="post: 3125806" data-attributes="member: 56"><p><strong>Obama was still in office when this was written:</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/18/chinas-space-missions-in-2016-tied-to-military-ambitions.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/18/chinas-space-missions-in-2016-tied-to-military-ambitions.html</a></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Is China's race to space a military ploy?</span></strong></p><p>Clay Dillow, special to CNBC.com Published 9:31 AM ET Thu, 18 Feb 2016 Updated 9:42 AM ET Sat, 20 Feb 2016</p><p></p><p><em>…"Given the huge lead the U.S. enjoys over China in space in the entire spectrum of technology and capability, the notion of China's space program leapfrogging the United States' in the foreseeable future is somewhat alarmist, Logsdon said. <strong><span style="font-size: 15px">But</span></strong> the fact that China's civilian space program is so closely linked to its military space activity is worrisome, particularly for the U.S.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Alongside its civilian and scientific space programs, China has invested heavily in anti-satellite technologies that would destroy or disable space-based assets in the event of conflict — weapons like ground-based missiles capable of destroying targets in orbit, as well as experimental lasers and signal jammers that could disable or otherwise "blind" satellites that can be used in a military conflict."</em>...(bold lettering my emphasis)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RugersGR8, post: 3125806, member: 56"] [B]Obama was still in office when this was written:[/B] [URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/18/chinas-space-missions-in-2016-tied-to-military-ambitions.html[/URL] [B][SIZE=5]Is China's race to space a military ploy?[/SIZE][/B] Clay Dillow, special to CNBC.com Published 9:31 AM ET Thu, 18 Feb 2016 Updated 9:42 AM ET Sat, 20 Feb 2016 [I]…"Given the huge lead the U.S. enjoys over China in space in the entire spectrum of technology and capability, the notion of China's space program leapfrogging the United States' in the foreseeable future is somewhat alarmist, Logsdon said. [B][SIZE=4]But[/SIZE][/B] the fact that China's civilian space program is so closely linked to its military space activity is worrisome, particularly for the U.S. Alongside its civilian and scientific space programs, China has invested heavily in anti-satellite technologies that would destroy or disable space-based assets in the event of conflict — weapons like ground-based missiles capable of destroying targets in orbit, as well as experimental lasers and signal jammers that could disable or otherwise "blind" satellites that can be used in a military conflict."[/I]...(bold lettering my emphasis) [/QUOTE]
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