Tag: Outer Space Treaty
China pushes a space arms race paper as Washington stays quiet
Beijing used a forum near Beijing to demand a treaty-style ban on weapons in orbit, weeks after Washington admitted it…
British analysts say missiles cannot cover Russia’s orbital target list
A RUSI assessment argues Russia's interceptor stockpile cannot disable Western constellations, making an orbital nuclear weapon the fallback.
The Pentagon admits space control weapons are already circling Earth
A single sentence from the Air Force secretary ends decades of official silence about American weapons in orbit.
Zone-effect anti-satellite weapons test the space treaty’s WMD ban
Legal scholars are asking whether Russia's pellet-scattering anti-satellite weapon breaks the Outer Space Treaty's ban on weapons of mass destruction.
Commerce department launches voluntary certification for novel space missions
The Office of Space Commerce rolls out a voluntary certification system for novel space activities after receiving White House approval.