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2,610 views • November 28, 2021

'Temptation to strike first': Rick Fisher on the dangers of China's growing space ambitions

China in Focus
China in Focus
⭕️ Sign up for our NEWSLETTER and stay in touch👉https://www.ntd.com/newsletter.html 💎Support our work: https://donorbox.org/china-in-focus In this special episode, we sat down with Rick Fisher, senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He talks about China's growing space ambitions—from the Moon, to Mars, to asteroids. Fisher touched on China's recent hypersonic missile test, saying, "If China saw advantage in hitting any other country first with a nuclear weapon, it would do so. But an added danger is added with the advent of the fractional orbital bombardment system and the hypersonic glide vehicle, because that then gives China the option to use a non-nuclear warhead to achieve a strategic or near-strategic effect. And so the temptation to strike first with that weapon would be very high."
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