Intelligence report says China building “counterspace” weapons meant to blind U.S. sensors


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Intelligence report says China building "counterspace" weapons meant to blind U.S. sensors by Jordyn Pair · Apr 15th, 2021 10:56 am 19 Last Updated Apr 15th, 2021 at 2:16 pm China is reportedly working on building "counterspace weapons" that could match or exceed U.S. technology, according to a report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The report says that China's military is expanding its space program, producing "counterspace weapons capabilities," including ground-based anti-satellite missiles and lasers possibly meant to damage "space-based optical sensors." "Beijing continues to train its military space elements and field new destructive and...