China is “using increasingly large numbers of satellites to find, fix, track and target U.S. and allied terrestrial capabilities, aircraft carriers” and more, completing a “long-range kill chain,” U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific Commander Anthony Mastalir said Tuesday.
“What we have seen over the last 5-to-10 years is increased investment in China regarding military space capabilities,” such as anti-satellite missiles, he said while speaking to reporters at Yokota Air Base in Japan.
