Arms race in space?! WTF? AIBU to despair of humanity?!

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BarbaraVineFan · 15/09/2026 21:49

I mean, how bloody ridiculous are we as a species that, not content with developing computers that are forecast to wipe us all out, we are also taking our idiocy into SPACE and launching WEAPONS IN SPACE. For fuck’s sake!!

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GeishaTrumpet · 15/09/2026 21:49

Are we? Do you have a source?

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BarbaraVineFan · 15/09/2026 21:50

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cmn07yjqg5rwo

Satellite hovering over the blue planet Earth and Jonathan Beale

Watch: Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit

The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale explains what an arms race in space might look like - and what it could mean for us on the ground.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cmn07yjqg5rwo

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Petrolitis · 15/09/2026 21:51

GeishaTrumpet · 15/09/2026 21:49

Are we? Do you have a source?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/15/us-confirms-first-time-it-has-deployed-weapons-space

You could have googled it takes seconds

US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space

Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/15/us-confirms-first-time-it-has-deployed-weapons-space

InterestedDad37 · 15/09/2026 21:54

I mean yeah, it's mad - but we've sort of been here before, with President Reagan's 'Star Wars' plan (Strategic Defense Initiative) - the idea was to use space-based weapons to intercept and destroy nukes/Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.
1984-1993.

Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative?wprov=sfla1

BlankSheetOrKnownQuantity · 15/09/2026 21:57

Hopefully AI will realise the truth about Trump and all this and put a stop to it when it takes over 😂

ExitPursuedByABare · 15/09/2026 22:03

Well colour me surprised.

FringedAnd · 15/09/2026 22:05

Well, it’s not exactly surprising, given the motivation for space exploration in the first place, and ‘Star Wars’.

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