US EditionReport: China Operates 11 Military-Linked Space Sites in Latin America
The Select Committee report reveals China’s dual-use space facilities in five Latin American countries enhance intelligence gathering and military capabilities of the People’s Liberation Army.
- House Select Committee investigators found at least 11 PRC-linked ground stations, radio telescopes and satellite sites in Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil, framing them as dual-use military installations.
- Lawmakers say Beijing uses space infrastructure in Latin America to collect adversary intelligence and support PLA warfighting, while China’s military-civil fusion strategy blurs civilian and military cooperation.
- Open-Source analysis shows the Neuquén station, Argentina includes a 35-meter antenna described by Beijing as civilian but operated by PRC-linked operators with limited host-nation inspection rights.
- The committee recommends the Trump administration `halt the expansion` of Chinese space infrastructure, urges federal agencies to review cooperation agreements, and calls on NASA and U.S. Congress to enforce the Wolf Amendment and clarify multilateral deal restrictions.
- The Defense Department report states China’s largest space footprint in Latin America enhances surveillance against U.S. assets, while a paused Chile project shows diplomatic pressure can influence host governments.
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The U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party released a new investigative report on Thursday (February 26), revealing how China uses Latin American infrastructure to advance its space capabilities and intelligence gathering. The committee chairman stated that China's investment in space activities in Latin America, besides advancing its own agenda, is also aimed at undermining the U.S. position in the…
WASHINGTON.- As Donald Trump's government moves forward with its focus on the strategy for Latin America, a new report of the Select Committee on China of the US Congress, published on Thursday, warned that Xi Jinping's regime uses the infrastructure deployed in countries of the region – including Argentina – to improve its space, warfare and intelligence gathering capabilities.
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The House Select Committee on China released a report claiming that the country is using more than 10 bases in Latin America for "military space operations."
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