The U.S."Star Wars"Program and the Transformation of China's National Defense Strategy
China was initially critical of the U.S."Star Wars"program and opposed the expansion of the U.S.-Soviet arms race from land,sea and sky to outer space.However,with the scientists headed by WANG Daheng putting forward suggestions to the central government,China quickly changed its position and launched the"863"program,thus accelerating the transformation of China's national defense strategy from previous pre-war state to peacetime state,from"fighting early,fighting big and fighting nuclear war"to focusing on winning"local wars",and putting the development of national defense science and technology at the top list of military construction.