Action/Reaction: U.S. Space Weaponization and China

摘要

Chinese officials have expressed a growing concern that U.S. space and missile defense plans will stimulate a costly and destabilizing arms race. In particular, the prevailing view in Beijing is that the United States seeks to neutralize China's strategic nuclear deterrent, freeing itself to intervene in China's affairs and undermining Beijing's efforts to prod Taiwan to reunify. If U.S. plans are left unchecked, therefore, Beijing may feel compelled to respond by introducing its own space weapons.