This section publishes materials from PIR Center long-term archive, which are becoming relevant again today.
Placing weapons in space and turning the outer space into a potential arena of combat action poses a significant threat to strategic stability and global security. The deployment of various types of weapons in space could inflict serious damage on the existing arms control arrangements, especially in the area of nuclear and missile weapons. It could also trigger a new wave of the arms race, which could spiral to a whole new level.
Today we invite our readers to recall the article “Military Use of Space” written by H. E. Anatoly Antonov.
The article was originally published in Russia Confidential Journal No. 8, Vol. 2, 2012:
Key words: Space
NPT
E16/MIN – 24/04/13