China has been practicing dog-fighting maneuvers with its satellites in space, a senior U.S. Space Force official said Tuesday.
Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein, speaking at the annual McAleese Defense Programs Conference in Washington, D.C., warned of China’s burgeoning space capabilities. According to Guetlein, China had at least five different objects in space seen to be “practicing tactics, techniques, and procedures to do on-orbit space operations,” Defense One reported Tuesday.
Guetlein also added that the comparative capability of the US in space with its adversaries has “narrowed” considerably.
“With our commercial assets, we have observed five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” Guetlein said during the McAleese Defense Programs Conference in Washington. “That’s what we call dogfighting in space. They are practicing tactics, techniques and procedures to do on-orbit space operations from one satellite to another.” (RELATED: Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Ban On Transgender Service Members)
The Space Force has confirmed that Guetlein was referencing Chinese satellite maneuvers in 2024, involving three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites and two Chinese experimental space objects, the Shijian-6 05A/B. He also said that the Chinese satellites possess grappling technology, which would enable them to hold other objects in orbit hostage. He also stated that they have developed devices to block U.S. satellites from transmitting data. […]
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