Russia, China propose treaty to ban weapons in space

[Ghost Dog]

Source: Earth Times

Geneva - Russia and China are proposing a treaty to ban weapons in space, the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday. Speaking at a UN disarmament conference in Geneva, Sergei Lavrov said that weapons deployment in space by one country would inevitably lead to a chain reaction.

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The treaty would ban the deployment of any weapons in space. A 1967 treaty bans the build-up of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in space, but there is no ban on the shooting down of satellites or other space vehicles.

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The proposed treaty was seen as reaction to the planned US missile defence shield, to which Russia is fiercely opposed. The US plan would see bases for the shield built in Poland and the Czech Republic.

"We will not counter the system by another costly response," said Lavrov. "We have the technical capability for an appropriate response that will not be a crippling burden on the Russian economy."

However, the Russian foreign minister said prevention would be a better solution and he called for a new arms treaty between the US and Russia.

Read more: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/185301,russia-china-propose-treaty-to-ban-weapons-in-space.html

[LakeSamish706]

1. As long as the current US Administration is there they can forget about...

any cooperation from the Bush Administration cause that of course is why we are where we are today; ie: An arms race.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

2. What will bush do?

he'll probably continue to build his Starwars project ( even though they say they are not building it right now :eyes: )

[Ghost Dog]

4. What would a President Obama or Clinton do?

(that other chap (R), one doesn't need to ask).

As things stand, it will be clear to the rest of the world which country is playing the role of aggressor here (with its 'space command'), and which would at least ostensibly prefer to agree to a demilitarization of space treaty.

[GliderGuider]

3. the ghost of Eisenhower will haunt you for eternity

The Russian and Chinese boogeymen will not be spending money on a technology whose only purpose is to barrel that pork.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

[Ghost Dog]

5. Yes, it is about 'crippling economic burdens'

(as well as crippling ecological ones) at bottom, isn't it.