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Global Space Security Challenges Intensify Amid Rising Competition
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency has released a new assessment of global space security, warning that China and Russia are expanding their military and dual-use space capabilities. The report identifies the expansion of counterspace capabilities, growing cooperation between US strategic competitors, and increasing dependence on commercial satellite infrastructure as significant challenges to international security. The assessment highlights the strategic implications of this development, particularly in the context of the war in Ukraine, where commercial satellite communications and Earth observation have supported Ukrainian military operations. This report was first published by an unknown source.