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On September 15, 2026, China criticized the United States for deploying weapons into orbit, warning against turning space into a battlefield. The U.S. Space Force announced on September 14 that it had deployed defensive space control weapons without giving details. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun urged the US to halt military expansion in outer space. Both countries view each other as significant threats in their space strategies, reflecting ongoing geopolitical tensions.
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China urged the United States on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) to "stop preparing for war" in space, after the U.S. Space Force confirmed it had deployed weapons into orbit for the first time.
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it → urge → time
Beijing and Washington are key geopolitical rivals and have long sought to expand their interests — and strategic footprints — in space.
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Beijing → seek → space
The U.S. Space Force said on Monday (September 14) that it had deployed "on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending... against hostile adversary action", without providing specifics.
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it → say → specifics
China's Foreign Ministry opposed the move, warning against the "weaponisation of outer space, turning it into a battlefield, as well as an arms race there".
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Ministry → oppose → battlefield
"We urge the U.S. side to stop expanding its military capabilities and preparing for war in outer space," ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a news briefing.
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Jiakun → urge → briefing
The U.S. Space Force singled out China as a threat in its announcement, saying Beijing "develops and operates space and counterspace capabilities as part of a military modernization strategy".
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Beijing → single → strategy
It also named Russia, another geopolitical rival, which it said "believes space supremacy will be a decisive factor in future conflicts".
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supremacy → name → conflicts
The militarisation of space is as old as the space race itself — as soon as the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit in 1957, Washington and Moscow began exploring ways to both arm and destroy such spacecraft.
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Washington → launch → spacecraft
The biggest worry was once about nuclear weapons in space, but the superpowers and other countries signed the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, banning weapons of mass destruction in orbit.
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superpowers → sign → orbit
Since then, the United States, China, Russia and India have explored ways to fight in space outside of that treaty, including by targeting rivals' satellites, which are key for military communications, surveillance and navigation.
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