Space Weaponization
Rationale
- Lack of Faith: There is a lack of confidence in the current missile defence system's ability to stop an oncoming ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) carrying a nuclear bomb.
- Preserve Own Spacecraft: To protect own satellites against anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles in orbit.
- Supremacy: The deployment of weapons in space would grant a country supremacy over the land, sea, and air in the conduct of war.
Negative Impact/Concerns
- Fear of War: The ensuing arms race for weaponizing outer space will generate an atmosphere of uncertainty, suspicion, miscalculations, competition, and aggressive deployment among nations, potentially leading to war.
- It would jeopardise both Commercial and ....
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