TREE NEWS update: China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on September 15 that Beijing consistently supports the peaceful use of outer space and opposes its weaponization, militarization and an arms race, urging Washington to stop its military buildup in space. Guo was responding to an AFP question about the US Space Force’s claim that it already possesses in-orbit space weapons, and whether China has such weapons of its own.
China Urges US to Halt Space Arms Race After Space Force Weapon Claim
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The notable element is the asymmetry: Washington has effectively confirmed an operational in-orbit weapons capability, while Beijing answers only with declaratory opposition and no counterclaim of its own. That leaves the transparency gap — whether either side moves from assertion to verifiable disclosure — as the open question, and it lands hardest on commercial and civil space operators who depend on orbit as a stable domain.
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