im gonna go out on a lib here and speculate that was how china was attacking us.
I remember some time around the election a news article about one of our brand new war ships breaking down due to some electronic chip made in china.
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/23/us-navys-most-expensive-destroyer-breaks-down-in-panama-canal
im gonna guess that's why we shot there satellite down. to tell them to piss off.