Hong Kong, Nov. 9 -- The Ukraine war has underscored the importance of space as a domain for warfighting. When the USA restricted access to Starshield, for example, it immediately curtailed the ability of Ukrainian forces to target their Russian adversary.

Indeed, a competition is occurring right now for ascendancy in space, and China represents the greatest threat to space-based activities of the USA and its allies.

In late October 2026, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published a 130-page report entitled Challenges to Security in Space. Its purpose was to "provide an unclassified overview of the threats within the space domain that jeopardise US and allied national defence".

This report was first published in 2019, with the ...