Based on China's ownership claims and belligerent expansionist actions toward the entire South China Sea, it should not seem far-fetched that it is planning a similar takeover of the moon. And NASA's chief is now saying just that.
In a two-part analysis in August 2021, I wrote about the upcoming potential battle with China for a moon base site.
I wrote that: “There may be only a few locations on the moon where it would make economic sense to build a base, said Bleddyn Bowen, a professor at the University of Leicester and author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics, and this is driving the concern.”
Tara Copp explained in Defense One:
“If you have a situation like that, where you're trying to do something in the exact same spot, it's essentially who gets there first,” said Alex Gilbert, a researcher and space resources doctoral student at the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. “And if you're not first, then the only alternative is to forcibly remove the current occupant.”
And now Bill Nelson, the head of NASA, is warning about the same thing — that China is preparing to lay claim to key areas of the moon.
“There is a new race to space — this time with China,” the NASA chief told Bild in an interview published Saturday.
Bild also noted that China plans to work with Russia to establish a base on the Moon by 2035 — something I also wrote about in April 2021.
Nelson said: “We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: It's ours now and you stay out.”
He added that “China's space program is a military space program.”
“What do you think is happening on the Chinese space station?” Nelson said, referring to China's Tiangong space station. “They learn there how to destroy other people's satellites.” (RELATED: China's Hypersonic Spaceplane Nuke Based on Old Chinese American's Design for NASA)
In April, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) described various potential Chinese space-based weapons including the Shijian-17 satellite, which is equipped with a robotic arm the agency believes could be used to grab and damage other satellites.
On Monday China rejected the NASA chief's warning that China might “take over” the moon as part of a military program, saying it has always called for the building of a community of nations in outer space. (RELATED: No One is Buying Chinese Weapons, and Now Fewer Russian Ones)
But as I wrote in part two of my moon-base piece, this concern is partly what prompted:
President Trump's 2020 promise to have U.S. ‘boots on the moon' by 2024 via the Artemis Base Camp project, led by NASA and partnering with several allied countries.
I added that “This ambitious U.S.-led effort is outlined in the Artemis Accords. But neither Russia nor China are expected to join these accords.”
It is therefore very likely both the China-Russia and U.S.-led efforts will build their moon bases without any sort of de-conflicting agreement in place. And that's where the Space Marines I have long advocated for may come in handy. (RELATED: Space Marines or Starship Troopers? – Rocket-Launched US SpecOps to Deploy Worldwide)
But we will need new doctrine as well as Space Marines and capabilities to achieve that.
So, it's definitely now time for the U.S. and its allies to start aggressively preparing for a potential battle on the surface of the moon. Space Marines to the ready. ALD
THE NEW WORLD LIBERAL ORDER! WTF! How much corruption can biden and his democrats be allowed? Start impeachment hearings now? THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, IMPEACHMENTS will be coming anyway after the mid terms, Hunter Biden brags about his influence over Joe Biden, ARE COMMUNIST RUNNING OUR COUNTRY? “So we’ve got a lot of questions about Hunter’s business dealings and questions for Biden administration officials to determine that the President is in fact compromised because of Hunter’s shady business dealings,” Comer explained. While Joe has denied having any knowledge of Hunter’s foreign business deals, more and more evidence suggests that this is a lie. impeach every asshole who broke his oath to our Country to protect and serve, replace them with those who love our country and are not looking to line their own pockets. Have all monies taken in by the biden crime family returned to the American tax payer as a penalty for their disloyalty to our nation. When Republicans take control of the House, Representative James Comer is in line to take over as Chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee.
We did have plans to nuke Moon in Cold War for test
Maybe revive plan for Today
It has never been wise in war to cede the high ground to the enemy. Most of what these guys know about anything they stole from, or were given by, somebody else. They got communism from Marx, they got technology from the US. Everything they currently do is to further their unlimited war against the US and more broadly the West. They are masters at sand bagging and any estimate of how far they are along on some scheme of war should probably be bumped up to cover what they might be doing as well as what you have proof they are doing. Whether they execute it properly is another story, but they will be working on it, no doubt.
The moon may just be the place where the first nuclear war happens. Anyone, even the left, should know that the Chinese will do whatever is needed to become the world’s largest master. The western nations had better be ready to band together and fight China unless we want to just hand over our nations for them to “govern”.
Our present government believes it is more important to know the “political correct” pronouns and critical race theory.
We have a supreme court justice that couldn’t even define a woman and her excuse was she wasn’t a biologist.
I could go on about grooming our children to be transgender and that whole insane bs but we can save that for another time.
Even though we have been to the moon many times, beginning in July of 1969 (53 years ago), it seems the moon is getting further and further away for the USA.
Ok, so we were first to the moon in 1969 and our flag was planted there. Am I permitted to ask the question: Just because we put our flag there, does that mean we claimed the moon as belonging to us?!?! I don’t know…did I miss something? I believe Antarctica was not claimed by any, one country but has multiple countries working there. From their past actions, China has proven themselves to be distrustful dishonest liars…kinda like our Demonocrats. My point is: this hostility and talk of war is because of people who are not to be trusted. We cannot peacefully expand into space until these issues are resolved on earth. That will not happen without divine intervention. And you know it !
What am I missing Here? Don’t you need food and water? Not to mention oxygen? I would simply say if they trust the Biden admin. for the supply chain…,.GOOD LUCK with that one…LOL! And if they use standard missile tech, we have time to block it. If they depend on killer laser tech. Everyone take out facial mirror and shoot it back at them. Just saying! Engineering is my background and Science was my favorite subject since elementary school. In closing folks don’t let the boogie man keep you up tonight. Who the hell wrote this article anyway? M.A.G.A.