Multiple countries have had the ability to put tons of weapons in space for a half century (and we know there are/were a few up there), so I don’t agree with you here - once we abandon our treaties, one country putting arms in space will inevitably lead to all countries putting arms in space “for defense”.
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sleepundertheleaves@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
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artifex@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
Quexotic@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
I don’t think that it’s it’s just that they would spout platitudes I think they would probably recognize that there’s treaties that were part of that prevent us from weaponizing space…
www.armscontrol.org/…/outer-space-treaty-glance