A New Battleground?
Jan 23, 2020
4 minutes
By Zhang Kun
Copyedited by Sudeshna Sarkar
The author is an assistant researcher with the Department for International and Strategic Studies, China Institute of International Studies
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law on December 20, 2019, paving the way for a U.S. Space Force. The sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces, it is supposed to undertake missions and operations in space, a move that might accelerate the militarization of space. It could initiate a global arms race in space and mire world security in greater uncertainties.
However, for now, the Space Force is facing fund and personnel problems as well as conflicts
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