WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military needs to deepen dialogue with China to better understand the intent of its space programs, a U.S. general said on Tuesday, after a Chinese commander announced plans to develop offensive military capabilities in space.

General Kevin Chilton, head of the Pentagon's Strategic Command which coordinates U.S. military operations in space, said China-watchers had been "absolutely amazed" by the country's advances in its space programs over the past decade.

China was "on a fast-track to improving capabilities" and is not alone in wanting to ramp up its operations in space, he said.

"I think what we have all come to understand is that space is a competitive domain," Chilton said. "We're going to have to address these issues and these concepts and I think it's better we do them through ... a forum that provides an open dialogue between our nations than to do them without that dialogue."

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