China’s move to weaponise space domain is bringing newer threats, says Air Force Chief

Thursday, 24 February 2022newsdesk

Recent moves by China have weaponised the space domain, Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Thursday, as he stated that terrestrial, space and aerial domains are losing their “individual identities” and the spectrum extends from small drones to hypersonic ballistic missiles.

New Delhi, 24 February 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, space-based assets could become essential for the conduct of operations in a networked scenario in the future, the Air Chief Marshal said. Speaking at the Jumbo Majumdar International Seminar about the Future Challenges of Aerospace Power, Chaudhari said, “China’s latest demonstration of physically moving one of its disabled satellites into the graveyard orbit is bringing in newer threats in the race to weaponise the space domain, a domain hitherto considered relatively safe.”

Source - The Indian Express