{"id":132390,"date":"2025-09-12T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/132390\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:28:06","slug":"us-x-37b-space-plane-could-be-armed-to-kill-in-orbit-chinese-researchers-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/132390\/","title":{"rendered":"US\u2019 X-37B space plane could be armed to \u2018kill\u2019 in orbit, Chinese researchers warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States is angling for space supremacy and will escalate the space race with repeated tests of its new <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3246587\/us-militarys-secretive-x-37b-space-plane-launched-possible-higher-orbit-mission?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shuttle-like plane<\/a>, according to researchers from China\u2019s Space Engineering University.In a commentary in military mouthpiece the PLA Daily on Friday, the researchers said <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3245815\/chinas-secret-space-plane-emits-strong-signal-ground-when-passing-north-america-satellite-tracker?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the X-37B space plane<\/a> had the potential to be weaponised as a \u201cspace killer\u201d and the tests of the craft highlighted the United States\u2019 ambitions to pursue space supremacy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The US conducted its eighth test mission for the X-37B last month, launching it aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The US military said that the mission would show cutting-edge technology such as space-based laser communications and quantum navigation to improve the resilience, efficiency and security of space communications systems.<\/p>\n<p><img data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-1w1l3op e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">SpaceX deploys first dummy satellites<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX deploys first dummy satellites<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This technology allows satellites to send data between each other or with ground stations, achieving higher bandwidth and faster data transmission than traditional radio frequency communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States is angling for space supremacy and will escalate the space race with repeated tests of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[733,19279,891,9668,41002,92,50796,62269,62270,90,62267,62266,62265,416,62268,412,56,54,158,55,42511],"class_list":["post-132390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-boeing","tag-china","tag-falcon-9","tag-gobi-desert","tag-nasa","tag-pentagon","tag-pla-daily","tag-prompt-global-strike","tag-science","tag-shenlong","tag-shijian-21","tag-shijian-25","tag-space","tag-space-engineering-university","tag-spacex","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-united-states","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-x-37b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}