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Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal
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1/ Please don’t fall for the “Space Force” jokes. Trump making the militarization of space our national policy literally pits the US against the entire world.

Let’s go into some background.
2/ In 1966, the US and Soviet Union signed a peace treaty for space, agreeing not to place nuclear weapons there. The reason is straightforward, because it poses a huge threat to human life.

This treaty led to decades of peaceful scientific collaboration in space.
3/ By 2006, the 1966 treaty had expired. The UN created a new peace treaty forbidding the militarization of space - again forbidding nuclear weapons.

The Bush administration opposed it, making the US the only nation on earth to vote no, though Israel abstained.

It was ratified.
4/ With Trump deciding to break this treaty on the militarization of space, this means other nations could be forced to develop space-based weapons for nuclear deterrent.

This could start a new era of nuclear proliferation - literally the last thing we need right now.
5/ TLDR? Trump is announcing a policy that’s not dissimilar to Kim Jong Un unilaterally developing nuclear weapons.

It destabilizes the entire world and will make it much harder to work with others.
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