Isn’t that illegal under the Outer Space Treaty of 1967?
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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That just includes nukes. Russia and China have both deployed weapons already.
Oh…that’s a relief…😭
The rules are silly if it stops only yourself. I live between Russians and they constantly make fun of western anti-war rules as if we're basically tying our hands behind our back and hitting with our heads.
And let the star wars begin, maybe the coming kessler syndrome and with the inability to escape Earth, the elites will finally take this planet seriously. I cant beleive these fucking losers run the place.
Glad to see the US is at least consistent in abandoning its own principles and treaties. /s
We're almost up to 6 years of practice on the consistent inconsistency.... how do you know they're lying? Well, you don't, because about 5% of what they say turns out to be true-ish sooner or later and it's all very random sounding - see, that's the genius - nobody can predict what's coming next.
The US has been saying one thing and doing another for far longer than 6 years.
saying one thing and doing another
Such has been the nature of diplomacy for the past many centuries.
What's different for 6 years, and especially the past 2-ish, is they have been saying all the things - true things, false things, but most out of character for the country - but not the clown: the things that "just weren't said" in the past.
I believe the translation of the Russian propaganda term is "Fire-hosing."
These weapons have existed in various forms as far back as the 1960's. Missles, lasers and satellites designed to attack other satelittes. Someone must be trying for a promotion.
It might mean just an astronaut from Texas who couldn't sleep without his assault rifle
I think it just means someone who shot at the sky with a bullet faster than earth's escape velocity.
Yep dystopian Science Fiction style future awaits.
That means each person carrying a US smartphone can be targeted from space.
Not just US smartphones, any device which communicates its GPS / other nav system position to an accessible network on a regular basis is basically a target that paints itself.
Can't afford to live, but at least we dominate space.
Finally all trash goes into space and we can live in freedom. Good idea from the us-military. Hope, others will follow soon.