The Historic Chinese Shenzhou Manned Flight Also Has Military Objectives
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China's first manned space flight initiates a People's Liberation Army effort to explore the utility of Chinese military personnel in space, while also using the Shenzhou development to propel technologies important to future PLA programs, U.S. defense analysts said. The PLA-led flight will also, at...
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