Chinaâs Ambitious Space Programs Raise Red Flags SPACE 7/2/2021 Wiki Commons photo China is making progress with several space-related initiatives that are becoming a growing concern for the United States and its allies. Pentagon officials have grown increasingly worried in recent years about the vulnerability of spacecraft to anti-satellite weapons as Beijing’s space programs continue to mature. China recently designated space as a military domain, and official documents state that the goal of space warfare and operations is to achieve superiority using offensive and defensive means, according to a report released in April by the Secure World Foundation, a non-profit focused on secure and sustainable uses of outer space.