{"id":146916,"date":"2026-02-27T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146916"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:15:26","slug":"us-must-be-able-to-turn-around-and-punch-in-space-as-china-boosts-satellites-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146916","title":{"rendered":"US must be able to \u2018turn around and punch\u2019 in space as China boosts satellites: general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s rapid expansion of surveillance satellites means protective measures in space are not sufficient for the United States, which needs the offensive capability to \u201cturn around and punch\u201d, a US Space Force general said.<br \/>\nAccording to the US military news website The War Zone, Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon said China had built \u201cthe second-best remote sensing architecture in the world from outer space\u201d.<br \/>\nHe said China had expanded from fewer than 100 satellites in 2013, when Xi Jinping first&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3344873\/us-must-be-able-turn-around-and-punch-space-china-boosts-satellites-general?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s rapid expansion of surveillance satellites means protective measures in space are not sufficient for the United States, which needs the offensive capability to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146916"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}