It’s (at long last) coming to an end. The notion that space can be a sanctuary from weapons has always been a unicorn fantasy, that survived for far too long from the sixties. Space is just a place.
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When the fighting starts, we’re going to need much bigger wipple bumpers.
Time to become a multi-planet species? Ya know, before terrorist find orbital kinetic weapons are better than 747s.
What are the chances that a theocratic government that preaches death to X would ever get orbital weapons?
/sigh we have children who cant think past the next ice cream cone for leaders.
“A weapon is any system capable of having a physical, chemical, biological, or psychological effect on an enemy or his assets.” — G. Harry Stine
The difference between a weapon and a tool is primarily one of intent.
The idea that space is, or can be, “deweaponized” is nonsense — unless we give up spaceflight altogether.
What I find preposterous is the notion held by some that space is, or was, demilitarized (this claim is implicit when they say “keep space weapons-free”).
The fact of the matter is that among the space powers, only the USA (and perhaps the EU) have ever pretended that space is, or should be, weapons free. The Russians and Chinese have never been that naive.
The only thing that might be about to change isn’t the status of space, but the naive delusions of the West.