China warns Japan's AI satellite plan boosts strike capability, threatens security

Chinese state media condemned Japan's reported plan to deploy AI-equipped tactical satellites for space-based surveillance analysis, arguing it would enhance Japan's long-range offensive strike and counterstrike capabilities. The warning escalates rhetoric over Japan's evolving space and missile programs, though the satellite plan remains a reported proposal rather than a confirmed program. This signals heightened Sino-Japanese strategic competition in space and missile defense.