Military Space Weapons Becoming Beigger Focus?
I’m sure you remember all the talk that stemmed from President Reagan’s administration about “Star Wars”. The name has changed, but space weapon research is still quite heavily funded. Space.com has a good article about some of the more recent weapon/vehicle testing that has been done in space here.
Interestingly enough, I see this article out around the time that the nuclear weapons conference in which the U.S. and other nations reaffirm their Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This year they are looking to reaffirm their anti-testing promises on atomic weapons, as well as possibly making the Middle East a Nuclear free zone.
While this would definitely tip the scales in favor of making the Middle East less of a catastrophic threat, it really doesn’t mean a whole lot to me. When you see things like mentioned in the article up top you realize that these agreements mean little in the grand scheme of things for the destruction we can cause. While we may make less disaster inducing weapons, we certainly know how to work towards designs that are clearly more efficient.
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Filed under: Environment, Science, Space, Space Tech by JMH
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