China: Missiles, Counterspace and Megaconstellations
What is China building that bears on Golden Dome?
Chapter summary
>1,000 warheads by 2030 (DoD); 91 orbital launches in 2025; 167 Yaogan reconnaissance satellites; two megaconstellations.
Key takeaways
- 1
China's arsenal is too large for any defence to stop; the question is limited or coercive strikes.
- 2
Glide vehicles and fractional orbits drive the US need for global low-orbit tracking.
- 3
Counterspace has shifted from destructive tests to manoeuvre, refuelling and jamming.
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