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In a previously unreported incident, one of China's maneuvering satellite was tracked and approached by a Russian one.

The Pentagon is rushing to expand its capacity to wage war in space, convinced that rapid advances by China and Russia in space-based operations pose a growing threat to U.S. troops and other military assets on the ground and U.S. satellites in orbit.

US Defense Department is looking to acquire a new generation of ground- and space-based tools that will allow it to defend its satellite network from attack and, if necessary, to disrupt or disable enemy spacecraft in orbit, Pentagon officials have said in a series of interviews, speeches and recent statements.

When the UN Security Council failed to adopt its resolution on outer space, the Russian veto led to concerns about a future nuclear arms race.

General H.R. McMaster, who served as a special adviser to former president Donald Trump, warned the world is 'on the cusp' of another all-out war amid a series of 'cascading crises.'