Communist China is reportedly using space assets to help target Iran’s attacks on American personnel, equipment and regional allies.
Unfortunately, such weaponization of space against us is but a small foretaste of what Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has in the works. Especially concerning is his determination to get “boots” on the lunar ground before we return to the moon.
Asked last week by Maria Bartiromo whether we would “win the moon race,” President Trump demurred, observing the Chinese might “get lucky.” If they do and arrive with the intention and capability to preclude us from landing on or otherwise using the moon, its resources and strategic location, we will not just be unlucky. We’ll be at a perilous disadvantage in space and here on earth.
Consequently, every effort must now be made to win the race to the moon – and, once there, be prepared to defend it.
This CPDC webinar examines the stakes in our time’s moon race and the necessity for retooling America’s competitor in it to be capable of lunar activities that go well beyond exploration and the expansion of scientific knowledge.
Moderator
Unfortunately, such weaponization of space against us is but a small foretaste of what Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has in the works. Especially concerning is his determination to get “boots” on the lunar ground before we return to the moon.
Asked last week by Maria Bartiromo whether we would “win the moon race,” President Trump demurred, observing the Chinese might “get lucky.” If they do and arrive with the intention and capability to preclude us from landing on or otherwise using the moon, its resources and strategic location, we will not just be unlucky. We’ll be at a perilous disadvantage in space and here on earth.
Consequently, every effort must now be made to win the race to the moon – and, once there, be prepared to defend it.
This CPDC webinar examines the stakes in our time’s moon race and the necessity for retooling America’s competitor in it to be capable of lunar activities that go well beyond exploration and the expansion of scientific knowledge.
Moderator
- Frank Gaffney, President, Institute for the American Future; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; Member, Victory Coalition; host, “Securing America”
- Capt. James Fanell, U.S. Navy, (Ret.), Former Chief of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Senior Fellow, Geneva Center or Security Policy; co-author, Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure
- Charles “Sam” Faddis, Career CIA clandestine operative; veteran, U.S. Army, author of, among other works, Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA; editor, AndMagazine.Substack.com
- Richard D. Fisher, Senior Fellow, International Assessment and Strategy Center; author, China’s Military Modernization: Building for Regional and Global Reach
- Roger W. Robinson, Jr., Chairman, Prague Security Studies Institute; former, Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission; former Senior Director, International Economic Affairs, Reagan National Security Council
- Michael J. Listner, Esq., Founder and Principal, Space Law and Policy Solutions; Editor, The Precis
- Rick Clay, Veteran, U.S. Marine Corps and Army Reserve; geopolitical analyst; corporate executive; and former Senior Deputy Advisor and Principal Manager in support of Iraqi reconstruction
