At a disarmament conference in Geneva, Russian ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov said world security would suffer if an arms race in space was not stopped. The draft treaty would prohibit the deployment of weapons in space and the use or threat of force against satellites or other craft, he said.
The United States has long opposed being bound by such
an agreement. Correspondents say tensions have increased in recent years over US plans for a new generation of missile shields. In particular, Moscow is opposed of the country's plans to build part of its new system in Poland and the Czech
Republic.
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It appears that through this new agreement they are trying to limit the US from having any weapons in outer space. Any buildup un weapons in outer space would only make violence worse. It could also trigger a massive arms race across the western world and countries such as; Russia and North Korea. These conditions would put the world into an extreme lockdown state, since at any time weapons could fire on the US or any where else in the world at any moment. This would further strain relations and cause many intense "battles'.
Whether peace is Russia's real purpose for this agreement is unclear. However it is probably best not to have any significant weapons in space.
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