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Warning Shots Fired: China Releases Video of Missile Launch, Amps Up Tensions with U.S.

• True Activist

By: James Holbrooks (UndergroundReporter) Beijing — Only days after completing production of the largest amphibious aircraft ever built, China has just revealed plans to launch the world's first satellite designed to conduct quantum experiments in space — a move that could one day lead to a highly secure "orbital internet."

Assuming the initial satellite performs well, as many as 20 additional craft would follow in the effort to create a new category of communications network. Chinese researchers believe their work could ignite a space race as other nations move to refine the technology.

"Definitely, I think there will be a race," Chaoyang Lu, a physicist at the University of Science and Technology of China, told science journal Nature.

In addition to bringing the world one step closer to a planet-wide internet based on quantum mechanics, the proposed network would bring a level of security to communication never before known.

"Quantum communications are secure because any tinkering with them is detectable. Two parties can communicate secretly — by sharing an encryption key encoded in the polarization of a string of photons, say — safe in the knowledge that any eavesdropping would leave a mark."

The militaristic applications of such technology should be clear to all, as classified information and data on top secret projects could be hidden from other nations' eyes. But there are implications here that should give the everyday citizen pause, as highlighted by UK's The Sun:

"Having an internet based in space would also be very useful for surveillance operations, as it would allow spies to snoop on Planet Earth using high resolution cameras whilst hiding resulting data from the public or enemy nations."

Whatever the potential effects, China's taking the lead in this type of innovation — and the fact that they're making it known — is very much in line with the country's recent exhibiting of its considerable capabilities.

Days before announcing its plan to launch its satellites, China unveiled the AG600, the largest amphibious aircraft ever assembled. Measuring 121 feet in length and with a wingspan of 128 feet, the craft is nearly the size of a Boeing 737.


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