China's official military newspaper PLA Daily has warned of an accelerating arms race over low-Earth orbit satellites, citing SpaceX’s recent contract with the US Space Force as an example.
On Monday, PLA Daily devoted a full page to a series of articles warning of the trend.
“The era of the militarised application of low-orbit constellations is arriving at an accelerated pace,” the paper stated.
Feng Songjiang and Wang Xiaoyan of the Space Security Research Centre wrote that the United States, relying on its first-mover technological advantages and mature commercial ecosystem, has continued to increase the militarised application of low-orbit constellations.
The reports highlighted that the strategic value of space is becoming unprecedentedly prominent, covering satellite networks, orbital competition and spectrum seizure.