There is a very urgent need to check militarization of space and pollution of space but the unfortunate reality is that these problems appear to be getting worse in recent times.
The United States and its allies have been using civilian infrastructure in outer space for military purposes and this will have a negative impact on peaceful outer space activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department Deputy Director Kosntantin Vorontsov said on Thursday.
Russian Academy of Sciences Space Research Institute senior researcher Nathan Eismont has outlined steps Moscow may take in response to US military plans to deploy a new constellation of spy satellites.
India needs ‘space-based’ weapons: Indian Air Force s Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari and General Anil Chauhan, India s Chief of Defence Staff have pointed out that India needs to develop space-based weapons, as space is the next frontier, and a place where skirmishes will take place.