China is practicing ‘dogfighting’ with satellites as it ramps up space capabilities: US Space Force

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https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/21/china/china-space-force-dogfighting-satellites-intl-hnk/index.html

China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States Space Force, which warned that Washington’s key rivals are closing the technology gap as space becomes increasingly critical to security on Earth.

The Space Force observed “five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” its vice chief of space operations Gen. Michael A. Guetlein said Tuesday at a defense conference.

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Abstracted@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This sounds like a fantastic time for the US to elect a moron that has no idea what he is doing, to run the country. Slow clap.

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- alphabethunter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Great! I hope he fucks America deep enough, it’s high time for that Empire to crumble. I just also hope rhat he doesn’t destroy the rest of the world with him, just the part of the world that voted for him. If he can take a few multi-billion dollar corporations down a peg with him might be even better.
  
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  - NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Agreed. I don’t think Americans appreciate how much the rest of the world hates (and has hated for many years) American defaultism and exceptionalism.
    
    I would love to see the USA balkanize into smaller countries
    
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  - umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    they are trying reagan era tactics to reindustrialize. from the looks of things rn, hes definetly taking down the empire at least a couple of notches.
    
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- NotSteve_@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  What’s that? Oh he just decided that he’s pulling the US into the Commonwealth now. The most stablest genius
  
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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I can’t wait for the state to continue wasting endless resources on space battles while the planet literally burns.

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klu9@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
… say the folks whose budget depends on you believing this kind of stuff?

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0x0@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This in an interesting watch.
Can’t wait to have 3-4 constellations in LEO. /s

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- double_quack@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Not available in USA
  
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unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
At some point we will have enough shit orbiting the planet that we won’t be able to launch anything into space for decades. That will be a good time.

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- gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  yeah I’m wondering about this, too. LEO clears itself within 5 years, but what about the higher orbits? Will they just continue to be polluted or what?
  
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  - unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah it’s already a problem, but if we start ramming satellites against each other I could imagine the problem getting to a point where we have trouble launching things into space. The real issue is the relative velocity that orbiting objects have. If you’re curious, the Wikipedia article has a really cool infographic and the section on hazards is pretty interesting if you like space stuff.
    
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