US Challenged to Space Arms Debate

US Challenged to Space Arms Debate

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(GENEVA) — China and Russia challenged the United States at a disarmament debate Tuesday by formally presenting a plan to ban weapons in space — a proposal that Washington has called a diplomatic ploy by the two nations to gain a military advantage.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament that "weapons deployment in space by one state" — a reference to the U.S. — could cause a "new spiral in the arms race both in space and on Earth."

Lavrov's call came with an implied threat, noting that the Soviet Union caught up with the U.S. after World War II by developing its own nuclear weapons.

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I thought russia bribed american scientist's to get all relevant data for the bomb? they were years and years behind to have actually developed one as quickly as they did on there own!And weapons in space, i dont see the problem here, i mean there no different to weapons on the ground, were screwed either way!