Dynamics of Asia Pacific Strategy and Missile Defence: Implications for India

June 14, 2013|Publications

At the recently concluded Shangri La security conference, the emerging security scenario in the Asia Pacific was the main theme for discussions. Interposed between many plenary sessions on regional security and military transparency issues was an entire session devoted to [...]

HASC Subcommittee Chairman Demands Answers on Alleged Chinese ASAT Test

Space Policy Online

June 5, 2013|News

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday demanding information on a Chinese rocket launch last month that some press reports alleged was a test of an antisatellite (ASAT) system. Forbes chairs the House [...]

Time for Obama To Go Public on China’s ASAT Program

Brian Weeden

June 2, 2013|Publications

June 2, 2013 – Reports indicate that China has finally tested at least part of a new, more advanced anti-satellite system. On May 13, China launched a rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. The Chinese Academy [...]

US Sees China Missile Launch as Test of Muscle

Reuters

May 16, 2013|News

The U.S. government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on Wednesday. China launched a rocket [...]

Chinese space debris hits Russian satellite, scientists say

CNN

March 11, 2013|News

March 9, 2013 – A piece of space debris left over from a 2007 Chinese missile test collided with a Russian satellite earlier this year, rendering the satellite unusable, a researcher said Saturday. The collision appears to have happened January [...]

China’s ASAT enigma

The Space Review

March 4, 2013|News

China has been launching a lot of satellites over the past several years and has taken many people by surprise with a rapid build-up of military space capabilities. However, although the rate of increase has been alarming, nobody could have [...]

Impressions on China’s Second Missile Interceptor Test

A. Vinod Kumar

February 22, 2013|Publications

China is reported to have conducted the second test of its missile interceptor system on January 27, 2013 in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.1 Quite symbolic of China’s postural patterns, the reported test comes exactly three years (and 16 days) [...]

China Strengthens its Missile Defence Capabilities: Implications for India

Brig (retd) Vinod Anand

February 22, 2013|Publications

China conducted another ground-based mid-course missile-defence (GMD) test in January end to signify its increasing potential in missile interception capabilities. This test builds upon an earlier test in January 2010 which was again carried out to test its evolving capabilities [...]

PLA anti-satellite weapons pose challenge to US

Tseng Fu-sheng

February 1, 2013|Publications

The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act recently signed into law by the US president, Barack Obama, forbids the export or transfer of satellite technology to China, nor does it permit US companies to use China to launch satellites on their [...]

Hagel: Pentagon developing space weapons in response to Chinese ASAT weapons

Washington Free Beacon

February 1, 2013|News

Jan. 31, 2013 – Former Sen. Chuck Hagel told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon is developing space weapons in response to China’s anti-satellites missiles and working to bolster defenses against Chinese cyber attacks. Hagel also stated in [...]

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