U.S. warns on China's cyber, space capabilities
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and China's President Hu Jintao (R) meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing January 11, 2011.
Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (front L) walks with China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi (front R) before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing January 11, 2011.
Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) and China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi shake hands before a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing January 11, 2011.
Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates meets China's President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing January 11, 2011.
Credit: REUTERS/Larry Downing
(Reuters) - Advances by China's military in cyber and anti-satellite warfare technology could challenge the ability of U.S. forces to operate in the Pacific, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in prepared remarks on Friday during a visit to Japan.
Just days after meetings in China meant to bolster ties with its military, Gates expressed renewed concerns about a buildup by the People's Liberation Army, which flexed its muscle this week with its first-ever test flight of a stealth fighter jet.
Gates called China's military modernization program "opaque" and stressed that, without the U.S. military presence in Japan, China "might behave more assertively toward its neighbors."
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
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