China’s “Orbital” Nuclear Missiles That Could Hit The U.S. From Space Rattles Pentagon; Why U.S. Fears FOBS?

China’s “Orbital” Nuclear Missiles That Could Hit The U.S. From Space Rattles Pentagon; Why U.S. Fears FOBS?

By Sakshi Tiwari – The Eurasian Times If the threat posed by a rapidly expanding arsenal of air, ground, and sea-launched conventional and nuclear missiles from China was not enough, the United States is now grappling with the potential threat of a Chinese missile attack from low Earth orbit. China could amass dozens of orbiting missiles with nuclear warheads in about ten years, the Defense Intelligence Agency warned on May 13. These missiles wo…

US Space Force’s ‘orbital carrier’ risks escalating arms race, China’s PLA warns – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

South China Morning Post China’s military has warned that a plan by the US Space Force to deploy “orbital carriers” will accelerate an arms race in space. In a commentary published on Thursday by the PLA Daily, an expert from the People’s Liberation Army Space Engineering University pointed to a recent US$60 million contract awarded by the US Space Force to develop an orbital transport craft. The article said the project would “boost US war-figh…