Military Watch Magazine

China Warns U.S. Against Deploying Weapons in Space as New Arms Race Intensifies

China has warned that the United States’ newly acknowledged deployment of weapons in orbit could trigger a global arms race, following Washington’s first public confirmation that it possesses operational “on-orbit space control weapons.” The disclosure by U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink on September 14 represented the most direct public acknowledgement by a senior American official that the United States has placed weapons in space. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun responded by calling on Washington to halt its military expansion in outer space. “We urge the U.S. to stop expanding military build-up in outer space, and uphold global strategic stability with concrete actions,” Guo said, adding that China opposes efforts to weaponise space or turn it into a battlefield.