Space: The Final Frontier... for War?

The world's superpowers seem to be gearing up for a war in space that suggests history has been forgotten as well as an understanding of the dangers involved

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A few weeks ago, I penned a column for The National Post, about the new burgeoning possibility of the proliferations of space weapons, by the US, China, and Russia. I argued that the dangers were great, and the reasons for arming space just as ridiculous now as they were 57 years ago when an Outer Space Treaty was signed. Here is the beginning of that piece, and a link to the original.

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The last time humanity appeared to face a serious military threat from space may have been in 1938, when radio reports of a Martian invasion ignited public panic. While the event turned out to be fiction, part of Orson Welles’ radio drama adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, actual space battles are likely to have significant consequences for those of us back on Earth. Unfortunately, the world’s superpowers now find space to be a tantalizing place to plan for combat.

The dangers associated with the militarization of space were clear almost 60 years ago. On Jan. 27, 1967, the United Nations opened for signatures a treaty drafted by the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, and on Oct. 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty came into force…..

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/lawrence-krauss-war-in-space-could-shock-earths-grid-unleash-disaster-on-us-all