ORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink cautioned that the United States should not assume China’s accelerating progress in space and missile technology is simply the result of copying American systems, arguing Beijing is demonstrating significant independent innovation. Speaking Dec. 11 at the Spacepower conference, Meink said he recently toured Space Force launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and was struck by how closely China’s newest launch complexes resemble U.S. ranges. “You actually look at some of the videos that just came out, it actually looks like…
