Evidence: Alphabetical
- Current U.S. NMD does not uniquely give it ASAT capability
- Co-Orbital ASATs more of a Threat than Ground-based Methods
- China's space power efforts motivated by desire to counter U.S. strength and preserve its nuclear deterrent
- China Recognizes U.S. Dependence on Outer Space
- China Developing Range of Anti-Satellite Capabilities
- China already has the Technology to Threaten all U.S. Space Assets, even those in Higher Orbits
- China will want to Conduct more Tests of its Direct-Ascent ASAT to be Confident that it is Viable
- China and Russia are Pursuing Space Arms Control to Limit U.S. Missile Defense Efforts
- Can defeat anti-satellite weapons by increasing launch on demand capability
- Can defeat anti-satellite weapons through stealth or decoy measures
- China Now Equally Dependent on its Satellite Infrastructure for an Attack on Taiwan
- Chinese ASAT Test Shows Breakdown in Communication between Chinese Military and Government
- China and Russia could respond to U.S. space weapons by doubling down on nuclear deterrent and modernization
- Could use space surveillance assets to verify a ban on ASAT tests
- Current legal vacuum may have motivated China to conduct anti-satellite weapons test
- Critics argue space weapons risk destabilizing arms races and accidental nuclear war
- China also Developing Electronic Jamming and Blinding Anti-Satellite Space Weapons
- China could Threaten Satellites U.S. is Depending on for Defending Taiwan
- China Likely to Carry out ASAT Attacks in Combination with Information Warfare Campaign
- China may be trying to force U.S. to expend resources in space countermeasures arms race
- China does not share arms control / confidence building norms
- Chinese ASAT test was technically impressive for several reasons
- China's counterspace program driven by strategic necessity
- China's Strategic Goal of Preventing Taiwanese Secession makes Counterspace Program a Strategic Necessity
- Chinese strategists recognize they need to attack U.S. networks and space assets to counter its military strength
- China Investing in Space Surveillance Capabilities
- China has Demonstrated Direct-Attack Space Weapons
- China Working on Directed-Energy Weapons to Dazzle or Physically Damage Satellites
- China Working on Electronic Attack Weapons to Disable Satellites
- China could attack U.S. satellites through ground attack means
- China will never agree to any space arms control because of the strategic necessity of its counterspace program
- China will only agree to Space Arms Control if its Strategic Environment Changes
- Chinese Counterspace Preparations to Deter U.S. Involvements in Taiwan Strait Scenario and U.S. Countermeasures Risk Crisis Escalation and Miscalculation
- Congress currently trying to balance space needs with military modernization
- China Reportedly Tested Ground-Based Laser Weapons Against U.S. Satellites
- Commercial Space Services Market Necessarily Global