As it is already being speculated that the Chinese space program may not entirely be for peaceful purposes, India has to take urgent action
Stoic China’s ambition of rising as a space age superpower is evident from its future plans including building space stations, manned space vessels and space laboratories. China has hauled up its space programs out of Third World mediocrity to successfully complete a spacewalk in 2008, and it earlier sent a human to space in 2003; thus becoming the third country after US & Russia to do so.
One would otherwise hope that China’s endeavours in this area only better our understanding of the world beyond us. But the catch here is that China’s space programs are run by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which raises doubts over its claim of being a program for peaceful purposes. This became a subject of debate when it fired missiles and destroyed a dead satellite in 2007. This raised the heckles of the US as a nervous Pentagon talked about Chinese “disruptive technologies.” But the country that’s really nervous is India.
The Ministry of Defence, ISRO and DRDO have expressed concern and feel that India’s space assets are under threat from China. India’s concerns are further reinstated with China’s possession of emerging anti-satellite weaponry and new classes of heavy lift off boosters.
One would otherwise hope that China’s endeavours in this area only better our understanding of the world beyond us. But the catch here is that China’s space programs are run by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which raises doubts over its claim of being a program for peaceful purposes. This became a subject of debate when it fired missiles and destroyed a dead satellite in 2007. This raised the heckles of the US as a nervous Pentagon talked about Chinese “disruptive technologies.” But the country that’s really nervous is India.
The Ministry of Defence, ISRO and DRDO have expressed concern and feel that India’s space assets are under threat from China. India’s concerns are further reinstated with China’s possession of emerging anti-satellite weaponry and new classes of heavy lift off boosters.
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