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> This seems to constitute ill or malign intent. Why would you go and bother the property of another person? What is the intent behind this move? The people wh
by IncRnd 5y ago
> This seems to constitute ill or malign intent. Why would you go and bother the property of another person? What is the intent behind this move?
The people who make these decisions don't view these sorts of things from the same perspective as you do but from a geopolitical lense of military might. In the simplest case it could be information gathering or even just a distraction.
One can say this is an immoral self-perpetuating cycle, but that is how it is today.
This article, Space Command Hints at New Capabilities to Counter China, Russia, from Aug 21, 2020 may help shed light on that. [1] This article is from the same month but an Indian perspective [2]
[1] https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/8/21/us-space-command-hints-at-new-capabilities-to-counter-china-russia https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/8/21/u...
[2] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-attempting-to-militarise-space-as-it-seeks-to-modernise-its-military-power/articleshow/77851406.cms?from=mdr https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-atte...
Edit: I have looked at your comment history, and you appear to be very defensive of CCP in every comment you make. I'm not sure your question here was asked in good faith.
- DicIfTEx 5y ago> The people who make these decisions don't view these sorts of things from the same perspective as you do but from a geopolitical lense of military might. For an interesting read on this effect, I'd recommend Lionel Fatton's 2016 article “The impotence of conventional arms control: why do international regimes fail when they are most needed?”[0] (if you can access it). [0] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13523260.2016.1187952 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13523260.2016.11...