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US warns China developing spaceplane and energy weapons by 2030

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A US intelligence report indicates that China is advancing its space capabilities, potentially by the end of the decade. The report highlights China's development of a secretive, reusable spaceplane, which bears a resemblance to the US Space Shuttle and the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. This expansion of China's space toolkit includes the potential deployment of space-based directed-energy weapons. AI

RANK_REASON The article reports on a US intelligence warning about China's space capabilities, based on a report, rather than an official announcement or release from a frontier AI lab.

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US warns China developing spaceplane and energy weapons by 2030

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Gabriel Dominguez ·

    US warns China is expanding its space toolkit with spaceplane and energy weapons

    A rare satellite image of China’s secretive spaceplane has appeared in a new US intelligence report that warned Beijing was expanding its ability to track American forces and could deploy space-based directed-energy weapons by the late 2020s. The US Defence Intelligence Agency (D…

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