US Air Force Secretary Warns of China’s Military Ambitions in Space

Frank Kendall, who was then-Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, addresses guests during the United Kingdom F-35 Lightning II Delivery Ceremony at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 19, 2012. Tom Pennington/Getty Images

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 20 warned about China’s increasing military threats, including those from space.

“While America is still the dominant military power on the planet today, we are being more effectively challenged militarily than at any other time in our history,” he said during a speech at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, according to the U.S. Air Force.