Tuesday, November 2, 2021

China's New Satellite 'Crusher' In Orbit With U.S. 'Sensitive" Satellite Systems

China unleashes satellite 'crusher' into orbit occupied by U.S. tech



An expert on China is warning that the Communist regime in control in Beijing has launched into an orbit – where satellites critical to America's Nuclear Command, Communications and Control system are located – a satellite "crusher."

Gordon G. Chang explains in a column at the Gatestone Institute, where he is a senior fellow and advisory board member, that the satellite, Shijian-21, was just launched on Oct. 24 and according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., will provide the ability "to alleviate and neutralize space debris."

An expert on China is warning that the Communist regime in control in Beijing has launched into an orbit – where satellites critical to America's Nuclear Command, Communications and Control system are located – a satellite "crusher."

"Shijian-21 has a robotic arm that can be used to move space junk—there are more than 100 million pieces of it floating around the earth—or capture, disable, destroy, or otherwise render unusable other nations' satellites," Chang wrote. "That arm makes Shijian-21 a 'satellite crusher.'"

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