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US warns China is expanding its space toolkit with spaceplane and energy weapons
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 28 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC. The headline in use is “US warns China is expanding its space toolkit with spaceplane and energy weapons”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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 (DIA) report published on Sunday included an image…
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US warns China is expanding its space toolkit with spaceplane and energy weapons
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