The New Cold War: America Invents, China Deploys
China successfully demonstrated a sea-based net capture of an orbital rocket booster off the coast of Hainan. This achievement marks a significant milestone in reusable rocket technology, challenging the previous monopoly held by the United States.
On Friday, off the coast of Hainan, a Long March-10B booster separated from its upper stage, descended vertically over the South China Sea, and was caught by a cable-net system mounted on a recovery vessel, the world's first sea-based net capture of an orbital rocket. It caught the world by surprise, ending America's monopoly on reusable rocket technology.</p><!--dsk1-->
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