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The Outer Space Treaty and the weaponization of space

By Joan Johnson-Freese, David Burbach | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

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An anti-satellite test ban is urgently needed

By Subrata Ghoshroy | Analysis

During a visit to the Kennedy Space Center last month, Vice President Mike Pence said the administration is working with Congress to turn the US Space Command into a Space Force—the nation’s sixth branch of the armed forces. Credit: NASA/Twitter

Trump’s Space Force is a strategic mistake

By Gregory Niguidula | Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

The X-37B: Backdoor weaponization of space?

By Subrata Ghoshroy | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics