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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by kidme5 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @03:40PM (#34210613)
Sure (at least for Russia, not China) but if you know the history China/Russia are doing smaller-scale R&D type development to respond to to US ditching arms control treaties and building offensive tech first (mostly when Republicans in power).
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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday January 01, 2023 @04:40PM (#34211260)
> US ditching arms control treaties

Russia broke its agreements first. And I don’t think we have arms control treaties with China.

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Re:“Internet in Space” Will Transform the Satellite Imagery ... by signatoremo on Sunday January 01, 2023 @05:07PM (#34211539)
This is non-sense, unless you are in the know about the Russia’s and China’s space programs. Their space technologies are generally behind the US (although China is working hard to catch up), and are less transparent, so we’ve heard more about initiatives such as SDA. That doesn’t mean their military space R&D are purely in response to US’s programs. Russia intended to use space for reconnaissance very early on after Sputnik [0]. They didn’t wait for the US to make a move first.

[0]-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenit_(satellite)

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