The international community should keep a close eye on China’s space development programme because of its military potential, a Japanese government think tank said in a report published on Thursday.
In January 2007 China shot down one of its own disused satellites using a ballistic missile, in a move that alarmed many countries including Japan, which restricts its own space development to non-military uses. China said it would not repeat the test.
‘It is likely that China will continue to actively engage in space development in the years ahead, given that such development serves as a vital means of achieving military competitiveness against the United States,’ Japan’s National Institute for Defence Studies said.
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