In the special program Shaurya Path of Sarkari Result Daily News Network, this week, we wanted to know from Brigadier Mr. DS Tripathi ji (retired) that America is reducing the help given to foreign countries, in such a situation, China is making a place for itself. The manner in which China has offered cooperation in their space mission, especially as an example, is being seen as an example. What is your reaction to this? In response to this, he said that not only China but Russia is also trying to take advantage of this opportunity, but China is going ahead in this matter because it had already started efforts to spread its feet. He said that for example a state -of -the -art space laboratory on the outskirts of Cairo in Egypt was considered the first laboratory in Africa to produce domestic satellites. He said that such reports came out that satellite equipment comes from Beijing. He said that the first satellite assembled here, considered the first satellite created by an African nation, was mainly built in China and launched in December 2023 from a spaceport there.
Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi ji (retired) said that the Egyptian satellite laboratory falls under China’s Secret Foreign Space Program. He said that a foreign news agency said in its report that it has come to know that Beijing is forming a space alliance in Africa to increase its global monitoring network and to pursue the world’s major space power. He said that China has publicly announced this space aid to African countries, including the construction of satellites, space monitoring telescopes and ground stations. He said that there are reports that Beijing has access to data collected from this space technology and Chinese workers maintain their long -term appearance in Africa.
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Brigadier Mr. DS Tripathi ji (retired) said that according to a think tank called United States Institute of Peace, Beijing has 23 bilateral space partnerships in Africa, including fondness for satellites and ground stations to collect satellite imagery and data Is included. He said that last year Egypt, South Africa and Senegal agreed to cooperate with China. He said that this is a project that is a rival of the lunar plans of America. He said that in September last year, Chinese President Xi had a meeting with dozens of African leaders in Beijing and said that Chinese loans and investment of $ 50 billion for Africa would be in priority for him in the next three years. He said that Xi’s administration publicly states that it is helping promoting African space programs as China wants no country to leave behind because economies and forces are becoming increasingly dependent on space technology. He said that privately China is getting more than its investment. He said that the Pentagon also says that China’s space projects in Africa and other parts of the developing world are a security risk because Beijing can hide sensitive data, increase its military capabilities and if they in China’s communication ecosystem If you are transformed, then governments can be forced.
Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi ji (retired) said that the space of the space infrastructure and equipment in China is using common civil use such as transmitting data, monitoring the impact of climate change and helping to blow the spacecraft to do. But they also have military applications. He said that according to the 2022 report of the US defense intelligence agency, they could predict when the American military satellites would pass up and help coordinate the use of anti-satellite weapons (ASAT). He said that Chinese access to a wide range of foreign -owned satellites provides the ability to better coordinate military operations. He said that these satellites can also give China a clear picture of American military activities worldwide.
Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi ji (retired) said that China’s foreign ground station, such as one he has built in Ethiopia and second he is planning with Namibia, is using the coordination of military campaigns, monitoring missile launch and other countries Can be done to monitor space assets. Those data collections also combine a huge global network of infrastructure, including internet cables and 5G networks under the sea. He said that in many ways China’s space diplomacy reflects the strategy that the US has been implementing for decades. He said that another thing is being seen that some African governments are tired of America’s security warnings about China and are more interested in which country is going to provide wealth and space technology.
