The military stalemate in space would be as disastrous as the nuclear arms race – Moscow – RT World News

The United States is planning to develop a persistent space sensor architecture by the end of 2022, which is a step closer to what Washington calls "American dominance in space", said Friday the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Comments came in response to the National Defense Clearance Act (NDAA) for the 2019 fiscal year, which was passed by the US House of Representatives on Thursday. Among others, he is considering the deployment of special sensors as part of a US-based space-based missile defense system.

Moscow criticized the US military space program as "Adventurism" who may have "the most negative impact on the state of security international. " [19659003] "Russia gives priority to the use and exploration of space solely for peaceful purposes" and "the right forces in all countries we argue in this ". In recent years, Moscow has launched a series of initiatives to prevent an arms race in outer space, including a draft treaty on the prevention of the placement of weapons in space and in the threat or use of force against space objects. proposed jointly with China in 2014.

Moscow called on the Trump administration "to use common sense and not to repeat the mistakes of the past" by abandoning measures that could bring breach of international security.

The NDAA is expe was passed by the Senate next week. In addition to space sensors, the document requires that the Pentagon develop a "space war policy" by the end of March next year and write a report on the state of capabilities United States.

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Missile defense in the Boost phase, using drones and "kinetic interceptors", will also be part of searches to be completed by the country's military. in December 2021.

In June, President Donald Trump ordered the creation of the US Space Force, stating that would be "something so important."

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