A senior Chinese military official predicts that there will be weapons in space “in our lifetime.” Reportedly Col. (or Brig. Gen., depending on the report) Yao Yunzhu is 52 and was speaking at the World Economic Forum last week in Switzerland. She also said that there would not be one space superpower. China got everyone’s attention earlier this month when it shot down one of its old satellites with a missile.
As the Air Force pieces together its fiscal 2023 budget, due early next year, it must think not only about the immediate future, but also five years down the road. That’s a challenge right now, said Lt. Gen. S. Clinton Hinote, the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for strategy,…