Russia has vetoed a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council banning nuclear weapons in space, spooking the United States.
Moscow on Wednesday blocked the resolution, which was drafted by the U.S. and Japan. It would have reaffirmed the obligation of countries to comply with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty—not to place any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction in orbit around the Earth.
So, we’re affraid to send our nuclear waste into space due to high risks of the launch. But now, somehow, humanity is able to send nuclear weapons to the orbit – gotcha.
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By Isabel van Brugen – Reporter:
Russia has vetoed a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council banning nuclear weapons in space, spooking the United States.
Moscow on Wednesday blocked the resolution, which was drafted by the U.S. and Japan. It would have reaffirmed the obligation of countries to comply with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty—not to place any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction in orbit around the Earth.
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So, we’re affraid to send our nuclear waste into space due to high risks of the launch. But now, somehow, humanity is able to send nuclear weapons to the orbit – gotcha.