Washington, April 17 (IANS) China emerged as the central strategic focus of a high-stakes US congressional hearing on missile defence, with defence officials warning that Beijing’s expanding capabilities are driving a major overhaul of America’s homeland security architecture. Senior Pentagon officials repeatedly identified China as the primary long-term challenge shaping the proposed “Golden Dome” missile shield, even as lawmakers clashed over its cost, feasibility and strategic logi…
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Washington, March 26 (IANS) The United States warned that space is now a contested warfighting domain, with China and Russia developing capabilities to threaten American satellites.Senior defence and intelligence officials told lawmakers on Wednesday (local time) that modern warfare depends heavily on space systems. These include communications, navigation, and intelligence.“Outer space is an increasingly complex and contested warfighting domain,” Assistant Secretary of War for Space Policy …
Washington, March 19 (IANS) The United States faces an “unprecedented challenge” of deterring two nuclear peers at the same time, senior defence officials told lawmakers, as military leaders warned of growing threats from China and Russia across nuclear, missile, and space domains. At a House Armed Services strategic forces hearing on Wednesday (local time), Robert Kadlec, assistant secretary of defence for nuclear deterrence and chemical and biological defence, said US strategy had reached …