China readying satellite-based kill chain, key U.S. commander says

China readying satellite-based kill chain, key U.S. commander says

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.