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China’s Guowang megaconstellation is more than another version of Starlink: "This is a strategy to keep the US from intervening... that's what their space architecture is designed to do."
“This is a strategy to keep the US from intervening… that’s what their space architecture is designed to do.”…
China has disclosed little information about the Guowang network, but there's mounting evidence that the satellites may provide Chinese military forces a tactical edge in any future armed conflict in the Western Pacific. If the Air Force goes ahead with the plan to cancel the E-7, the service intends to bridge the gap by extending the life of a fleet of Cold War-era E-3 Sentry airplanes, commonly known as AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). Gen. Anthony Mastalir, commander of US Space Forces in the Indo-Pacific region, told Ars last year that US officials are watching to see how China integrates satellite networks like Guowang into military exercises.
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