兰顺正|美国污蔑中国欲控制太空,为自己发展太空武力找借口( 三 )


TheU.S.believesthattherapiddevelopmentofspacecapabilitiesbycountriessuchasRussiaandChinaposesathreattoitsspacesupremacy.Asarisingpower,China'sachievementsovertheyearshavebeenremarkable.
ChinanowhasmoresatellitesinorbitthananyothercountryexcepttheUnitedStates.OnMay5,ChinasuccessfullylaunchedaLongMarch5Brocket.ItisintheU.S.'sowninteresttodeterChinainitsouterspaceneighborhood.
Ontheonehand,ithelpstosecuremorefundingandjustificationforitsownmilitarydevelopmentinspace.Ontheother,itcanmisleadtheinternationalcommunityandprovokeothercountriestoattackChina'sspacepolicy.
Notlongago,thePentagonunveiledanewDefenseSpaceStrategy,whichcallsformaintainingAmerica'smilitarysuperiorityinspaceinthefaceofRussia'sandChina'sgrowingspacecapabilities.ThiswasthefirstspacestrategysincetheU.S.createdthespaceforce.
SomeanalystssaythestrategyisafurtherreflectionofafutureinwhichtheU.S.militarywillregardspaceasamajorwararena,andnotjustasacomplementtootherbattlefields.
Besides,theU.S.stilldidn'tforgettoshiftblameonChinaandRussiaforchallengingU.S.freedominspace.Asit'sputinthedocument,thedevelopment,testing,anddeploymentofChina'sandRussia'sspacecombatabilitywillbethebiggeststrategicthreat.
Asaresult,itisnothardtofindthattheU.S.willcontinuetopursuethemilitarizationofspaceinthenameof''Chinathreat''andtheweaponizationofspace.
兰顺正|美国污蔑中国欲控制太空,为自己发展太空武力找借口
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U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumpspeaksatasigningceremonyfortheNationalDefenseAuthorizationActforFiscalYear2020atJointBaseAndrews,Maryland,U.S.,December20,2019./Xinhua
First,themilitarizationofspacewouldlimitthenucleardeterrentofaweakerspaceforce.Forexample,oncewarbegins,thenuclearforceoftheweaksideinspacewillbethreatenedbythepowerfulside'sspaceweaponsbeforethelaunch
Andafterthelaunch,withtheintelligencesupportofthespacesystem,theefficiencyofthepowerfulside'santi-missileinterceptionsystemwillbegreatlyimproved.Itisbelievedthatthespaceforcewilldirectlyparticipateintheanti-missileinterceptionoperationinthenearfuture.
Second,themilitarizationofspaceposesthreatstotheglobalspaceindustry.Thedevelopmentofanti-satellitetechnologyandcapabilitieswillaffectspacecraftinorbit.
Inthefaceoftheotherside'santi-satellitecapabilities,eachcountry'sspaceindustrywillbeheldhostagebytheother.Withtheincreasingfrequencyofspaceactivitiesaroundtheworld,relevantcountriesarelikelytobepassiveintheinternationalgameiftherearenocorrespondingmeasurestodealwithit.
Third,themilitarizationofspacedirectlyaffectsthehomelandsecurityofvulnerablecountries.Space-basedconventionalstrikeweaponshaveashortpreparationtimeandfastresponsespeed,whichcanmeettherequirementsofintegratedjointoperations.
Inaddition,space-basedgroundattackweaponsarecapableofbeingwellconcealedandwithahighpenetrationcapability.Therefore,theweaponizationofspacewilldirectlyaffectthehomelandsecurityofthedisadvantagedinspace.
Therefore,othernationsshouldbealertedofthethreatsandprepareforaUnitedStatesthatwillpursueitsowncourseinspace,whichmayundermineinternationalstrategicstabilityandtriggerthearmsraceinspace.


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