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2024-04-26 International-UN-NGOs

Russia sinks space nuke ban at UN amid rumors of Putin's orbital weapon

[FoxNews] The US-led effort received support from 60 member states but Russia's veto nullifies it.

A U.S.-led resolution that would prevent using nuclear weapons in outer space received dozens of co-sponsors, but Russia vetoed the measure amid reports it has deployed a weapon that can destroy satellites.

"The detonation of a nuclear weapon in space would destroy satellites that are vital to communications, agriculture, national security, and more worldwide, with grave implications for sustainable development, and other aspects of international peace and security," the U.S. Mission to the United Nations wrote in a press release prior to the vote.

"The diverse group of cosponsors of this resolution reflects the strong shared interest in avoiding such an outcome," the statement read. "We join these Member States in calling on the Security Council to meet this moment today and adopt the resolution unanimously, consistent with its mandate to maintain international peace and security."

The U.S. and Japan presented the resolution to the U.N. Security Council for a vote on Wednesday, but Russia shot the measure down. Prior to the vote, Russia's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyansky reported that his country's initial impression was that the resolution served as "yet another propaganda stunt by Washington" and called it a "very politicized" effort "divorced from reality," The Associated Press reported.

The draft resolution, which received backing from 60 member states, states that "the prevention of an arms race in outer space would avert a grave danger for international peace and security." It affirms that countries that ratified the 1967 Outer Space Treaty must comply with their obligations.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11169 views ] Top

#1 How WW3 could be won in space... and it's Russia and China leading the star wars nuclear arms race

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-25 08:25|| 2024-04-25 08:25|| Front Page Top

#2 The Russians would be idiots NOT to have these weapons.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2024-04-26 06:52|| 2024-04-26 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 US military tests new weapon to prepare for 'space-enabled' attacks on the US - as Russia and China lead the star wars nuke race

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-26 11:24|| 2024-04-26 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ One approach among many.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-04-26 11:43|| 2024-04-26 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm still wondering what the X-37 was up to.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-04-26 13:03|| 2024-04-26 13:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Regime change in Moscow now. If Putin puts nukes in space we're screwed. We must not wait until it's too late. Pile up troops on the border and GO! It's not that far to Moscow and it's summer.

Posted by Uleremp and Company7042 2024-04-26 15:00|| 2024-04-26 15:00|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ Always worked in the past. Right Ule&Co. ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-04-26 15:02|| 2024-04-26 15:02|| Front Page Top

#8 We must not wait until it's too late. Pile up troops on the border and GO! It's not that far to Moscow and it's summer.

And *that*, my dears, is why Russia is currently grinding away at Ukraine to get a defensible position. As Besoeker points it, it did work rather well back in the day. Does the name 'Stalingrad' ring a bell?

#5 I'm still wondering what the X-37 was up to.

You and me both.

Posted by SteveS 2024-04-26 19:12|| 2024-04-26 19:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Guess I'm not the only one getting secondhand buzzed from the billowing clouds of sarc bark.

The Watch on the Bug

As the Motherland slumbered, McCoy
Massed his might on the border, then...
"OI!"
And the Hitlerite horde
That was Herbie? He ROARED
Down the highway to... Moscow!
Hooo, boy. ;-)

Posted by Omomomble Glusoter5572 2024-04-26 20:11|| 2024-04-26 20:11|| Front Page Top

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