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Security experts have warned the Chinese are seeking to gain a foothold of control in outer space and have now accelerated their timetable.

It is believed that in the near-future China will compete and prepare for a cataclysmic space war with superpowers Russia and the USA.

Terrifying predictions of future conflicts foresee competition between nations leading to cosmic attacks as they attempt to maintain their dominance.

Space-engineered strikes on key strategic targets from space could be devastating and completely knock-out the power of a nation.

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Destroying an enemy’s space infrastructure could black out televisions, phones, GPS and even confuse computer systems in planes and nuclear power plants.

General John Hyten, head of US Strategic Command, has previously said: "As humans go out there, there has always been conflict. Conflict in the Wild West as we move in the West ... conflict twice in Europe for its horrible world wars.

"So, every time humans actually physically move into that, there's conflict, and in that case, we'll have to be prepared for that."

Beijing’s accelerated plans were published in a government document which declared the state was “standing at a new historical starting line”.

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It added that China was “determined to quicken the pace of developing its space industry”.

China’s ambitious space programme has claimed they will visit the moon by the end of this year and return to Earth.

And security experts warn that the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation are increasing their space innovation programme in preparation for a space war with other nations.

The Chinese plan to launch the 8.2 tonne Chang’e 5’s unmanned lunar exploration mission by the end of 2017.

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The Chang’e 5 will sit on top of a Long March 5 lift vehicle as it is launched into space.

Another planned mission is the launch of a Tianzhou automated cargo spacecraft, due to launch in April.

The Tianzhou is designed to supply the Tiangong-2 space lab, which was launched last year.

China’s space laboratory is designed to probe life support technologies for Beijing’s future space station and is manned by a crew of two.

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But despite the innocent nature of planned Chinese exploration missions, experts are concerned that they are making aggressive moves to dominate orbit.

Superpowers are developing terrifying weapons and technology which many claim are being built in preparation for conflicts in space.

China has launched the "Shiyan" which is a spacecraft equipped with a grappling arm that could snatch enemy satellites.

And elsewhere, Russia has developed multiple kamikaze satellites which are designed to disable American satellites and destroy them in necessary.