UK Vows to Guard Against Space Threat From China, Russia

UK Vows to Guard Against Space Threat From China, Russia
Russia's Proton rocket, carrying the Kosmos military satellite, blasts off a launch pad at Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on March 30, 2012. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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Britain is putting space at the heart of its defense in order to counter threats from China and Russia, according to UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

As part of a foreign, security, and defense policy review being conducted by the UK government, the Ministry of Defense is planning to pivot away from traditional defense and “operate much more in the newest domains of space, cyber, and sub-sea,” Wallace wrote in The Telegraph.