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Wired’s “Danger Room” blog recently came out with a post that featured an image from DigitalGlobe of a purported to be a Chinese anti-satellite laser weapon site. According to the post, space security experts are uncertain that it is an actual anti-satellite laser weapon site because it is difficult to tell the difference between a laser research lab, stargazing facility, range finder, or a full-on weapon site. There is reason to not be skeptical — China has made no secret of its interest in developing space weapons. The country fired lasers at U.S. satellites, possibly blinding the spacecraft for a bit in 2006. And in 2007, Beijing used to a missile to destroy an old weather satellite in orbit.

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