Analysts says China laser weapon can destroy to India’s satellites.

New Delhi: The Indian and US satellites are vulnerable to China’s ground-based lasers as according to some analysts China has acquired the full capability to destroy the enemy’s satellite sensors through its lasers.

China can cause great damage to Indian and US satellites during wartime. In January 2019, the Pentagon’s Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), in a report on space threats, had disclosed and warned that China’s military is expected to deploy a laser weapon capable of destroying or damaging US military satellites in low earth orbit next year (2020).

Experts have identified one such laser station is Xinxiang, which has four buildings. As per the DIA report, the Chinese directed-energy weapon is among several space warfare tools that include ground-based anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles, electronic jammers, cyber attacks, and small satellites that Beijing plans to use in attacks on US satellites in a future conflict.

This DIA report is the first time a US intelligence agency disclosed details of the anti-satellite (ASAT) laser deployment plans.