China's mysterious Shenlong spacecraft may be doing more than just testing out its spacefaring capabilities, experts warn.
In interviews with Reuters, space defense experts posited that some of the uncrewed Shenlong spaceplane's latest maneuvers suggest that it may have anti-satellite uses as well.
Launched atop a Long March 2F rocket booster — China's only one that is rated for human use, though the Shenlong spaceplane is presumed to be uncrewed — the craft is on its third mysterious orbital mission since 2020. Though we've been able to track the launches as they come, the United States and its allies know little more about the spaceplane now than we did upon its first deployment.
By Noor Al-Sibai,
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