The United States has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday – the first public acknowledgment of such capabilities in orbit and a deliberate signal to those that pose potential threats in the domain.
“China develops and operates space and counterspace capabilities as part of a military modernization strategy,” the US Space Force says on its website, while “Russia views space as a warfighting domain and believes space supremacy will be a decisive factor in future conflicts.”
US military officials have repeatedly warned the two countries are testing new offensive space capabilities, citing examples such as Russian satellite constellation training missions that Washington says could demonstrate “attack and defend tactics” for future combat and China’s development of a nuclear capable partial-orbit hypersonic missile.
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So we’re just gonna accept instant Kessler syndrome on the opening of a war between two space powers? Cool. Coolcoolcool. Love this.
I wonder how many high-speed ball bearings you’d have to launch to start a chain reaction?
Probably a lot. I don’t think we have enough stuff up there yet to actually trigger a Kessler cascade.
Weapons in space.
No universal healthcare.
Massive wealth disparity only getting worse.
Women losing rights.
Democracy threatened.
Inflation.
Student debt epidemic.
Poison food.
Resurging racism.
Climate change.
Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.
Yep. And a new marble helipad. So at least there’s that.
Predictably disappointing, the Outer Space Treaty was too vague and toothless as a cornerstone of space legislation.
outer space treaty is about nuclear weapons
Exactly. It was not adequately expansive in my opinion
i doubt that anyone in usaf cares about your opinion
Like I’m serious, actually think about what you wanted from this conversation. I don’t want an answer, I just want you to do that thinking on your own.
Why are you talking to me?
I don’t think it matters how specific or what the consequences of violating it would be, I think humankind would be bound to violate the treaty eventually. Either to maintain their superiority or fear of another nation having superiority over them.
Next time you wanna write something both boring and bleak, go ahead and say it to somebody else.
Next time you wanna post something and not have your perspective challenged in any meaningful way, go ahead and post it somewhere else
You haven’t done that, you just said “obviously bad stuff is for sure” and ran a victory lap. Give me a fucking break
The one place capitalism couldn’t taint, has been tainted by capitalism…
Just in time for the end of the world. Trump is an enemy of not just America but of humanity.
Really annoying how certain media outlets treat every single thing the US military says as fact without independently verifying it themselves
“Good evening, I’m Jess Perkins with Casey Wong. Top story: Santa Barbara. 10,000 acres of wooded residential land were scorched in an instant when a laser cannon aboard the Strategic Defense Peace Platform misfired today during routine startup tests. Casey?”
“Yes, it was a day of mourning for the families of 113 known dead at this hour. Among them: two former United States presidents who had retired in the Santa Barbara area. A day of mourning for a country.”
