NASA chief Bill Nelson accused China on Wednesday of secretly working on military projects in space.
Nelson told lawmakers that NASA believes Beijing is masking these projects as civilian efforts.
"We believe that a lot of their, so-called civilian space programs is a military program," Nelson continued.
Related storiesThe NASA chief alluded to the Spratly Islands, an archipelago in the South China Sea claimed by several nations.
Meanwhile, China has repeatedly denied that it intends to establish any military presence in outer space.
Persons:
Bill Nelson, Nelson, —, Artemis
Organizations:
NASA, China, Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, South China, Artemis Accords, Alxa League, Inner, Getty, UN, Embassy, Business
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Beijing, China, Spratly Islands, South, Russia, Alxa, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Washington , DC