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Intel chiefs: China, Russia developing ‘attack satellites’ to target US ‘in a few years’

By Joel Gehrke
Published March 6, 2018 5:51pm ET
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Intel chiefs: China, Russia developing ‘attack satellites’ to target US ‘in a few years’
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, left, and Defense Intelligence Agency Dir. Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr., right, take their seats to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

China and Russia are developing weapons that could destroy American satellites in the event of an approaching conflict, a top general warned lawmakers Tuesday.

“That is integral to their strategies,” Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, the Defense Intelligence Agency director, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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