Incoming Space Force chief says orbit is a 'war-fighting domain,' labels China the top adversary
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President Joe Biden's nominee to lead Space Force says China is developing capabilities that could take out U.S. satellites and cripple multiple U.S. military branches.
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"The most immediate threat, in my opinion, is the pace with which our strategic challengers, first and foremost, the Chinese, are aggressively pursuing capabilities that can disrupt, degrade and ultimately even destroy our satellite capabilities and disrupt our ground infrastructure," Saltzman told lawmakers.
"It is one of my earliest priorities to make sure that we're on track to build and field effective capabilities and then train the guardians to operate in a contested domain so that we can counter this activity by our strategic competitors," he added.