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China announces plans to build space-based defence system against asteroid strikes – The New Daily
The top official from China’s space agency says the country will hold talks about building an asteroid defence system.
China will hold discussion on building a defence system against near-earth asteroids, a senior space agency official says.
Thwe announcement is the latest indication of country’s ambitions to dominate space.
Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration, did not provide any further details of the asteroid defence initiative in his opening remarks on Saturday at a ceremony marking Space Day in the eastern city of Nanjing.
China has made space exploration a top priority in recent years,…
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