The article itself indicates that "this suggests that China's lunar program is focused on pursuing scientific knowledge and stoking national pride". If there w

The article itself indicates that "this suggests that China's lunar program is focused on pursuing scientific knowledge and stoking national pride". If there were known Chinese military "patrol and 'debris' removal" emplacements, for an area that famously can't retain debris in a stable orbit, no less, would they not mention it in that breath? Or maybe there are such things but they can't say? Of course now there are going to be at least two such platforms, there inevitably will soon be four. Good job everyone, we have learned nothing from the entire Cold War. Hopefully the nice career in writing Scary Stories for Senators (and ditto on the other side without the alliteration) is worth it. Honestly, the more you look at it, the more you realise this geopolitics nonsense just the kind of trivial tit-for-tat thing that you learn in playschool is not OK, but with suits, a multi-billion dollar budget and the survival of the species, rather than onesies, biscuits and crying fits.