The United States says that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponizing space. That's a possible future global trend that members of the U.N.
The Security Council resolution drafted by Russia rivaled one backed by the U.S. and Japan that failed last month. The rival drafts focused on different types of weapons, with the U.S. and Japan specifying weapons of mass destruction. The Russian draft discussed all types of weapons.
Why is the US so keen to allow conventional weapons in space?
The hilarious part is that the rule of law doesn’t apply to most high level “intelligence” and “national security” operations, and even if moves are made to apply it they just pass a new bill to make the historic crimes retroactively legal, so all of this is just showboating and won’t actually prevent superpowers from doing it anyway — there have never been any consequences remotely adequate to fit the crimes.
They want the ability to shoot down other countries’ satellites when they go to war with them. Things like disabling communication satellites and GPS (or Russia’s equivalent, GLONASS).
Why is the US so keen to allow conventional weapons in space?
The Moon Wars of 2055 and 2072, and the Martian invasion of 2103.
The hilarious part is that the rule of law doesn’t apply to most high level “intelligence” and “national security” operations, and even if moves are made to apply it they just pass a new bill to make the historic crimes retroactively legal, so all of this is just showboating and won’t actually prevent superpowers from doing it anyway — there have never been any consequences remotely adequate to fit the crimes.
Because they are the one’s closest to using them.
They want the ability to shoot down other countries’ satellites when they go to war with them. Things like disabling communication satellites and GPS (or Russia’s equivalent, GLONASS).
Kessler Syndrome? Never heard of it.
When has ruining the world for everyone else ever stopped the usa before? :(
There really seems to be a lot of “If not us, nobody” in the command structure of that military cult empire.
spAcE foRcE 🤪