The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, of which the United States is a signatory, strictly forbids the positioning of nuclear weapons anywhere in outer space. With the Trump Administration’s rush to militarize space, however, that may be a temporary deal.
Vice President Mike Pence said that the US has flexibility on its military activities in outer space, and refused to rule out the idea that the US would position nuclear weapons there in the future, saying it would “advance the principle that peace comes through strength.”
Pence further said that the question of nuclear weapons is “the president’s determination,” and that while it’s in the interest of every nation to keep nukes out of space for now, at some point this may prove to be an way to show more “strength.”
Pence further insisted that space is a “warfighting domain” for the United States, and that for the time being, the Outer Space Treaty does not strictly get in the way of America’s militarization efforts.
Some of this other stuff is mostly fluff. (INF Treaty) But putting nukes in space would be a HUGE deal.
It is little known that the landing site of Apollo 12 on the Moon was deliberately chosen near an unmanned vehicle which had been landed on the Moon earlier. To prove to the Soviets that we could land at precisely defined locations a part of that unmanned vehicle (I seem to remember that it was a mirror) was removed and taken back to Earth as proof. The message to the Soviets was: if you install nuclear armed rockets on the Moon aimed at us we can go there and destroy them.
We no longer can. Pence/Trump do not seem to understand
1)’ And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. (Isaiah 2:4).
2) Thou shalt not kill
3)31 Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways.
This from the book that pence follows and believes in more than anything? Cherry-picking lying hypocrite…
bring back coal-isolationism-now nukes in space-wtf is wrong with these nutjobs? Oh, answered my own question-sorry
Pence is another John McCain and should be feared in his quest for Armageddon and Rapture.
The only way nukes should be put in space is to deflect an incoming space object that would obliterate life on earth if it collided with earth.
Who needs a space object when all the nukes can do the job?
Of course that is what Pence must mean!!
Isn’t Pence worried about having nukes that close to his sky fairy?
Needs a military acronym…American Nukes Gonna Liquify Evil Sinners….ANGELS
liquidate works better than liquify. Nothing but ash or shadows is left near ground zero.
“Peace through strength” with enough nukes to kill everyone on the entire planet many times over isn’t strength. It’s stupidity. Adding more nukes is just insane.
And slogans like “peace through strength” coming from the likes of Pence sound like a mix of: “war is peace”, “freedom is slavery” and “ignorance is strength”……….. 1984 came a bit late and Orwell was prescient.
Or, “Peace is our buisness”
Stupidity beyond belief. Who is the US going to nuke in space….green Mars men?
We can nuke anywhere on Earth with attack satellites. These zealots are a clear and present danger.
Before the USA can put nukes in space, perhaps they should work on making their own rocket engines to put the nukes there! Pathetic!
Pence claims to be a christian yet wants to destroy not only the earth but the path to heaven!!!!
Exactly how does weaponizing space provide an advantage over Russia and China? They have the technology to hang MIRVed geostationary nuclear weapons over us just like we can over them. I supported Trump, but when he says so as stupid as building more nuclear bombs until China and Russia see things our way, the man is certifiably.
Ronnie Raygun blew the best chance we’ve had to date to eliminate nukes because he wanted Star Wars. As they walked away from the summit, Gorby tried one last time only to be rebuffed. Not only has nothing changed, it’s become measurably worse over time.
The US is interested in total domination and nothing else matters.