US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution
by Guardian staff and agencies from Science | The Guardian on (#6KEQP)
UN chief Antonio Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer'
The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable."
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