Inside China’s plans to fight in space

china is developing space weapons that can both seize satellites and strike earth from orbit. beijing calls these "dual-use" capabilities — civilian tech with military applications. the us is doing the same, and the arms race is intensifying. the specific systems include ground-based lasers to blind satellites, robotic arms to grab them, and missiles launched from aircraft to destroy targets in orbit. china has also tested a fractional orbital bombardment system — a weapon that can stay in low orbit and then drop a warhead on earth, bypassing traditional missile defense. the us space force says china is building these systems faster than expected. both countries now treat space as a warfighting domain, not just a scientific one.