The United States blocked the UN general assembly resolution opposing space-based weapons. It was passed 138-0, the US and Israel alone abstaining, the US abstention is a veto. Two years earlier the US space command published what it called it’s vision for the year 2020, which called for ‘full spectrum dominance’, including control of space, military control in order to protect US interests and investments.
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Noam Chomsky
not as gullible as you when it comes to Mars
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