Space Force Says a Chinese Spacecraft Is Practicing Dogfighting Maneuvers in Orbit

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During a defense program conference this week, Space Force vice chief of space operations Michael Guetlein said that the military arm had observed "five different objects in space manoeuvring in and out and around each other in synchrony and in control," as quoted by Defense One.

The US Space Force has accused China of "dogfighting in space," a term that usually refers to fighter jets caught up in an aerial, close-range battle.

The Space Force is "starting to see our near-peers focusing on practicing dogfighting in space with satellite-on-satellite," he said.

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Author / Journalist: Victor Tangermann

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesChina

Topics: China Off World Space force Satellites

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Published On: 2025-03-22 @ 14:30:02 (2 days ago)

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