Chinese satellites are breaking the US ‘monopoly’ on long-range targeting

May 3, 2024

Defense One

The U.S. military has long held a key advantage over China’s: it can hit mobile targets at extremely long distances. But that “monopoly is over,” the Space Force’s intel chief said Thursday. 

China is building a massive architecture of remote-sensing satellites to help target U.S. forces if they move to defend Taiwan in a conflict, said Maj. Gen. Greg Gagnon, deputy chief of space operations for intelligence.

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