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Russia issues space warning

RT | February 16, 2023

The US and its allies are exposing civilian space assets to potential attack by utilizing them for military purposes, a senior Russian diplomat has warned. The warning came after NATO unveiled plans for a space monitoring fleet that will use commercial and military satellites for its missions.

Konstantin Vorontsov, deputy director of the non-proliferation and weapons control directorate in the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday that the US is weaponizing space and blurring the boundaries between military and civilian infrastructure in orbit.

American use of spacecraft to benefit other nations on the battlefield “is in fact a form of participation in [conflicts] by proxy,” Vorontsov said, adding that “quasi-civilian space infrastructure” in particular could face “retaliation.”

“At the very least, such provocative use of civilian satellites is questionable under the [1967] Outer Space Treaty,” he stated.

Vorontsov’s warning came at a round table discussion in the Russian parliament which focused on the legacy of the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative, and how it influences current US military planning.

Ahead of the announcement of NATO’s new space project on Wednesday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the US-led bloc will use commercial satellites as a military booster.

“This will improve our intelligence and surveillance, and support NATO missions and operations,” Stoltenberg said, adding that this would allow for “better navigation, communication, and early warning of missile launches.”

The NATO chief revealed the project as he reported on what the organization was doing to assist Ukrainian forces against Russia.

The fusion between civilian and military equipment in the Ukrainian conflict came to the forefront last week, when SpaceX announced that it was restricting the functionality of its Starlink space internet system, meaning Kiev’s troops could not use it to pilot drones.

CEO Elon Musk explained that Starlink was a commercial product not intended for military purposes, and that he did not want it to be used to escalate the hostilities, potentially unleashing a “third world war.”

The system remains available to the Ukrainian military for communication, even though SpaceX as a private company could simply switch off the terminals, he added.

February 16, 2023 - Posted by | Militarism | , ,

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  1. The round table discussion in the Russian Parliament on the topic of Reagan’s SDI and how it applies today in US military terms may have included references to the true intent of SDI vs military dominance. Lyndon LaRouche proposed the concept of the SDI in 1977 in a White Paper report that outlined its intended use for peaceful purposes, rendering nuclear weapons obsolete. Through the development and utilization of new physical principles, LaRouche advised the Reagan administration to develop a defense system to end war and do it jointly with the Soviets. LaRouche was the administration’s back channel in negotiations with the Russians. LaRouche emphasized to the Russians and to members of the Reagan administration that new technologies could be developed that would revolutionize the productive economies of the Soviet Union and United States.

    The Russians said Nyet while the Bush crowd sabotaged SDI, eventually replacing it with a kinetic system of General Danny Grahm’s that became known as the patriot missile system. So instead of developing optic lasers that had the energy flux-density potential of burning a hole on the surface of the Sun, they pulled an old technology off the shelf, preventing a renaissance in scientific achievement from occurring in both countries. Consequently, Russia collapsed as LaRouche forecasted while the US has gone through a series of boom-bust cycles culminating in the 2008 systemic collapse where Greenspan’s bubbles were popping everywhere. Next will come the total disintegration of the transAtlantic monetary and related central bank financial systems.

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    Comment by Thomas Lee Simpson | February 20, 2023 | Reply


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