Credit: Sj-17: CNTV
U.S. Space Command on April 20 identified a Chinese satellite as a prototype for a future space-based weapon. The Shijian (SJ)-17 satellite, which was launched to geostationary Earth orbit in 2016, is equipped with a robotic arm, Gen. James Dickinson, the head of Space Command, said in written...
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