China plans to launch a defense system, to protect the Earth, through warning radars, satellites carrying large amounts of fuel and moving weapons in the moon’s orbit around the Earth.
As revealed by researchers working on the project in an article published in the journal “Information ScienceAccording to the Chinese, “Beijing can use the planetary defense system it is developing to protect Earth from asteroid attacks capable of destroying entire cities.”
newspaper quoted “near future“The new strategy includes placing three guard satellites, equipped with fuel and kinetic weapons, in orbit around the planet, to counter any threats,” said the Italian director of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Wu Weiren, to Xinhua.
The plan also includes building two optical telescopes on the south and north poles of the moon, to monitor the sky for asteroids that escaped from the Earth’s warning network, especially those approaching from the blind side facing the sun.
Under the plan, when the system detects a sudden “visitor” with the potential to cause significant damage, it sends one or all of its satellites to intercept the asteroid.
Earlier in July, the website reported:Global NewsAccording to the Chinese, the Beijing Institute of Technology has already begun building a set of more than 20 large radars to track potentially dangerous asteroids on Earth, as part of a project called “Combined Eye”.
According to the site, the project aims to image and track objects, and determine the possibility of their impact on our planet, by bouncing signals from asteroids within 93 million miles (150 million km) from Earth.
He noted that so far, two antennas have been built at a site in south China’s Chongqing, and they are expected to be tested and ready for operation by September, according to the Chinese “Science and Technology” newspaper.
Chinese news reports claim that the system will be the most remote radar system in the world, but not many details have been released about the project, such as the wavelengths at which it will operate.
The project organizers indicate that these satellites, “will have the ability to intercept incoming asteroids from all directions, and can form a shield with a diameter of up to twice the distance between the Moon and the Earth, about 800,000 kilometers.”
The researchers said the lunar defense line, which has not yet been approved by the Chinese government, “will take the country’s space technology to new heights.”
The researchers suggested that these satellites could be used to defend China’s national security by pointing telescopes and sensors toward Earth.
The newspaper indicatesJerusalem Post‘, in an article regarding the Chinese plan, that “Earth-defense satellites can help Beijing closely monitor other countries’ satellites, and improve the ability to protect high-value space assets.”
China has become a growing space power, and has made increasing efforts in recent years to improve its capabilities in space.
So far, China has launched satellites, lowered probes and explored its dark side, and built its own space station.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said earlier this month that he was concerned about the possibility of China taking over the moon, although Beijing has denied this and dismissed the allegations.