China's military-run space station in Argentina is a 'black box'

[JacksinPA]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ion-in-argentina-is-a-black-box-idUSKCN1PP0I2

LAS LAJAS, Argentina - When China built a military-run space station in Argentina’s Patagonian region it promised to include a visitors’ center to explain the purpose of its powerful 16-story antenna.

The center is now built - behind the 8-foot barbed wire fence that surrounds the entire space station compound. Visits are by appointment only.
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Shrouded in secrecy & with little oversight by the Argentine government, the huge microwave communications or radio astronomy facility has raised concerns among the U.S. military.

 

[celticwar17]

I wonder what happens if Argentina just says, no.... no more space station....

 

[JacksinPA]

I wonder what happens if Argentina just says, no.... no more space station....

That may not be an option. You & I don't know the full back story here. While it looks like a radio telescope, the fact that it is run by the Chinese military is disturbing. It may have offensive anti-space capabilities, like jamming or destroying our GPS satellites for example.

 

[Tim the plumber]

It is the station that will be the link to any Moon shot when China is on the other side of the earth.

Wot? Where is the problem?

 

[Tim the plumber]

That may not be an option. You & I don't know the full back story here. While it looks like a radio telescope, the fact that it is run by the Chinese military is disturbing. It may have offensive anti-space capabilities, like jamming or destroying our GPS satellites for example.

:crazy3:

To do jamming you need lots of power. Spot any large power stations?

 

[PoS]

Mr Bond, you are nothing but a stupid policeman...

 

[JacksinPA]

Earth-moon-Earth communications (EME) is as good an explanation as any lacking any additional facts.