Category: Space Competition

FedEx CEO Anticipates ‘Worldwide Recession’; Germany Seizes Russian Oil Refinery | NTD Business

FedEx stock suffers its worst day ever after cutting its sales forecast, and the CEO warns of a slowing global economy. Germany takes control of a Russian energy firm’s subsidiaries amid the energy crisis. We ask an analyst why this is a big deal. A U.S. Space Force general says China wants the ability to destroy…


Beijing Angry Over US News Report on Close Encounter Between US and Chinese Satellites

News Analysis A U.S. news publication revealed an “in-orbit game of cat and mouse” between a U.S. surveillance satellite and two new Chinese satellites in geostationary orbit, angering Beijing. In response, China’s state-run media published a commentary on June 30 that slandered the United States, accusing it of “threatening [the] Chinese satellites’ safety.” SpaceNews reported…


Beijing Reacts to US Report on Close Encounter Between US and Chinese Satellites

News Analysis A U.S. news publication revealed an “in-orbit game of cat and mouse” between a U.S. surveillance satellite and two new Chinese satellites in geostationary orbit. In response, China’s state-run media published a commentary on June 30 that slandered the United States, accusing it of “threatening [the] Chinese satellites’ safety.” SpaceNews reported on June…


Top US General Says China’s Suspected Hypersonic Missile Test a ‘Sputnik Moment ‘

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China’s suspected hypersonic missile test is “very concerning” and near a Sputnik moment. Milley was referring to Soviet Russia’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in October 1957, which caused anxiety in the United States that it was falling behind the Soviet…


Top US General Says China’s Suspected Hypersonic Missile Test Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment’

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China’s suspected hypersonic missile test is “very concerning” and near a Sputnik moment. Milley was referring to Soviet Russia’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in October 1957, which caused anxiety in the United States that it was falling behind the Soviet…


Top US General Says China’s Hypersonic Missile Test Close to a ‘Sputnik Moment’

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China’s suspected hypersonic missile test is “very concerning” and near a Sputnik moment. Milley was referring to Soviet Russia’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in October 1957, which caused anxiety in the United States that it was falling behind the Soviet…


Gen. Milley Calls China’s Suspected Hypersonic Missile Test a ‘Sputnik Moment’

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has called China’s suspected hypersonic missile test “very concerning” and said it was nearly a “Sputnik moment.” Milley was alluding to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite, in October 1957, which caused anxiety that the United States was falling behind…


Space War Is Real and China Wants to Lead

News Analysis Beijing has officially opposed the weaponization of space, but according to a Pentagon report, China has constructed ground-based missiles that can hit a satellite in orbit. “Beijing actively seeks space superiority through … space attack systems,” Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command, told Congress. Similarly, Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, chief…


43 Nations Criticize China’s Human Rights Abuses in Xinjiang

More nations joined the rebuke of the communist Chinese regime at the United Nations on Oct. 21 over its human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far western Xinjiang region. “We have seen an increasing number of reports of widespread and systematic human rights violations, including reports documenting torture or cruel,…


US Air Force Secretary Warns of China’s Military Ambitions in Space

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 20 warned about China’s increasing military threats, including those from space. “While America is still the dominant military power on the planet today, we are being more effectively challenged militarily than at any other time in our history,” he said during a speech at the Air Force…