Chinese military researchers are calling for Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites to be destroyed, according to the Gatestone Institute.
China had urged the United Nations in December 2021 to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing claimed that satellites launched by Musk nearly struck the station.
A foreign ministry spokesman had accused Washington of ignoring its treaty obligations to protect the safety of the Tiangong station’s crew following July 1 and Oct. 21 incidents, The Associated Press reported.
The Tiangong was forced to perform “evasive maneuvers” to “prevent a potential collision” with Starlink satellites launched by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., China said in a Dec. 6 complaint to the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Starlink gives people the opportunity to both connect with the Internet and do cellphone communications without connecting with governmental or state control systems.
Gatestone noted that the U.S. had rejected China’s claims about the space station being in danger from the satellites.
But Gatestone said China’s problem with the satellites does not appear to be centered on fears of a space collision, but rather that China believes that Starlink could ultimately be used for military purposes and threaten its national security.
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