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Space arms control

Treaties, UN resolutions and diplomatic efforts aimed at limiting weapons in orbit and on celestial bodies, centred on the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.

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US Air Force secretary confirms weapons already fielded in orbit

Troy Meink said the US has fielded on-orbit space control weapons, the first American acknowledgement of the kind, though he gave no detail on the weapons or their targets, leaving the consequence in the UN argument over a ban.

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Adoption35
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Incentives72
Confidence62