Commentary
Pyongyang’s anti-satellite ambitions are not a technical sideshow. They follow directly from the nature of the regime itself.
Watch Western coverage of North Korea long enough, and a pattern emerges. Attention shifts from one episode to the next. A summit. A missile test. Sanctions. Now the Party Congress.
Most of the recent attention surrounding North Korea’s Ninth Party Congress has focused on Kim Jong Un’s position on South Korea and the continued expansion of his nuclear arsenal. But the Congress included another line that deserves closer scrutiny: North Korea intends to develop capabilities to attack enemy satellites….
North Korea’s Expanding Military Ambitions in Space
