US knows what it must do to restart military-to-military communication

The United States Space Force is exploring in internal discussions the possibility of creating a hotline with the Chinese military to avoid crises in space.

"What we have talked about, on the US side at least, is opening up a line of communication to make sure that if there is a crisis, we know who we can contact," Chief of Space Operations General Chance Saltzman told Reuters on Monday in Japan. But he also acknowledged it is not in the works yet.

It remains to be seen if the White House or US State Department will bring the matter up in talks with the Chinese side, and whether the latter will embrace such an idea.