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Over the last week, there have been some decidedly mixed signals on the future of military operations in space. On Monday, there was this blast out of China to mark the 60th anniversary of that nation’s air force: A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an “historical inevitability”, state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing’s opposition to weaponising outer space.