{"id":280970,"date":"2025-09-23T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-us-and-china-are-we-heading-for-space-wars-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T21:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:05:15","slug":"the-us-and-china-are-we-heading-for-space-wars-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-us-and-china-are-we-heading-for-space-wars-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The US and China: Are we heading for space wars? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/5B7684WXSVo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The US and China: Are we heading for space wars? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5B7684WXSVo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The US has just sent a new missile system into the Indo-Pacific, located at its marine corps base in Japan. It comes as China is expanding its hypersonic warfare capability.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Brief takes at look at the latest missile technology and asks the question: Could we be rapidly heading into the era of the weaponisation of space? <\/p>\n<p>Christian Fraser is joined by former British military strategic planner Mikey Kay, BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner and retired US army Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Moore.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US has just sent a new missile system into the Indo-Pacific, located at its marine corps base in Japan. It comes as China is expanding its hypersonic warfare capability. 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