International Reactions to Weapons in Space

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It has not taken countries, such as Russia,long to react to the purposed change in American policy to Weaponize Space.

Vladimir Yermakov, senior counselor at the Russian embassy in Washington, said his country is urging the U.S. through diplomatic channels against any plans for space militarization. But he told a space conference Russia would have to react, possibly with force, if the U.S. successfully put a "combat weapon" in space. Read more...

It looks that even though the government has stated that no change has been asked for from the Air Force and the Defense Department. I don't think that any would find it incongruent with the attitudes of General Richard B. Myers who was commander of NORAD and the U.S. Space Command before he became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. And Rumsfeld has been an advocate of the National Missile Defense (NMD) related projects for years. So even if this story is false, which I don't believe, one could easily see them asking for such a directive.

The internal U.S. debate over whether the Pentagon needs to put weapons in space gained momentum in 2001 following the conclusions of a commission that warned of the possibility of a "space Pearl Harbor" that could destroy U.S. commercial and military satellites.

"If the U.S. is to avoid a 'space Pearl Harbor', it needs to take seriously the possibility of an attack on U.S. space systems," said the commission, which was chaired by Donald Rumsfeld before he became defense secretary. Read More...

Unfortunately Congress has not, in my opinion, done its job with adequate oversight of the agencies of the Executive Branch. They have all too often been a rubber stamp on what the administration wants.

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