An intensifying space race is taking place in Asia, policy experts say, even if officials from the countries' space agencies are unwilling to acknowledge it.

The Pentagon has quietly established an office to deal with the increasing number of threats to the United States’ space assets — a pretty big deal given the fact that space officials have been fretting about the overcrowding and militarization of space for years now.

China is developing a multi-dimensional programme aimed at improving its ability to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by adversaries during a crisis, the Pentagon says in its latest report on the country’s military. Is this another step toward a ‘Star Wars’ missile defence shield?

U.S. power brokers aren't sure how to handle China's rapidly expanding space capabilities, according to testimony at a congressional hearing yesterday.

Researchers have suggested using ground-based lasers to nudge small pieces of space junk away from satellites to prevent collisions.

NASA researchers are working on ground-based lasers that could be used to nudge debris in orbit, which could help move dangerous space junk away from satellites and spacecraft. They caution that this operation should be multilateral because of obvious concerns over how the laser could be used for space warfare.

China in an early 2010 exercise attempted to intercept a mock enemy missile with the same weapon it had used to shoot down one of its orbiting satellites in a test three years earlier, suggesting the nation's antisatellite technology was also designed to defend against strategic missiles, the Washington Times reported yesterday.

Republican opposition in the Senate could scuttle the Obama administration‘s plans to sign on to the European Union‘s Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities, an agreement that critics say could limit U.S. development and deployment of anti-satellite weapons. Key Senate Republicans are urging Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to consult with the relevant Senate panels before signing the agreement.

A newly unveiled U.S. strategy aims to enlist other countries to help safeguard national space assets against both hostile threats and orbital space debris. The strategy emphasizes data and resource sharing and throws its weight behind the European Union's Space Code of Conduct as an alternative to the Russian and Chinese arms control proposal.

The two nuclear superpowers both shot down their own satellites using sophisticated missiles in separate show of strength, the files suggest. The American Government was so incensed by Chinese actions in space that it privately warned Beijing it would face military action if it did not desist.