Attack the United States from the Chinese space station in Patagonia?

An article published Friday in the North American Foreign Policy magazine revealed senior US defense officials. They fear that China can monitor and attack US satellites and their allies from a space station installed on Argentine soil in Patagonia.

The aforementioned station, built in Neuquén, began operations in March and, according to Chinese media, played a key role in the pioneering landing of a spacecraft from the Asian country on the dark side of the Moon. January. 2018

Although the declared purpose of the station is the observation and exploration of space for peaceful purposes, the magazine stresses that the concern of the US military is that the parabolic radar installed in this center can be used for other purposes, such as gathering information on the position and activity of US military satellites

Last Thursday, Admiral Craig Faller, the new head of US Southern Command, described the aforementioned Chinese station as a great "threat" to Washington, saying the facility showed that Beijing was rapidly expanding its reach in Latin America. .

According to the report, also distributed by the Iranian agency Hispantv, "Beijing could violate the terms of its agreement with Argentina to conduct only civilian activities and could have the ability to monitor and possibly d & # 39; to attack US space activities and its partners, "said Faller as part of a lengthy testimony presented to the US Congress, quoted by Foreign Policy.

The report adds that the US intelligence services believe that the space capabilities of China and Russia pose a risk to their military forces, even as both countries call for international agreements against the militarization of space.

Fearing Russia's and China's increasing technological advances in space, US President Donald Trump ordered his Defense Ministry (the Pentagon) in June to create a space force, which would be the sixth branch of the North American Armed Forces.

Washington's decision provoked a wave of criticism. Moscow and Beijing have censored the US plan that, if implemented, would violate the treaty banning the militarization of space, which was signed in 1967 by more than 100 countries, including the United States. United.