The ban is partly intended to highlight a recent Russian test that created a dangerous field of space junk.
On Nov. 15, 2021, an interceptor missile launched in northern Russia struck a Soviet-era COSMOS 1408 satellite,Such tests undermine the long-term stability of space and imperil space exploration, the administration told Congress.
Republicans are skeptical of a unilateral test ban that Russia and China are unlikely to sign on to, a GOP congressional aide said. An administration official declined to discuss the announcement, but said, “the visit to Vandenberg Space Force Base demonstrates the vice president’s continued engagement on space. The vice president will be discussing our ongoing work to develop norms in space that advance U.S. and international interests and preserves the security and sustainability of space.”and Space Command, and that she is focused on “advancing norms for peaceful and responsible behavior in space.
“So broad and deep is our collective reliance on space and space assets that these threats — from kinetic strikes, to other actions that create physical damage, to electronic, to cyber — should impel responsive actions within the United States, with our partners, and in a way that includes the private sector,” wrote former principal deputy director of national intelligence Sue Gordon, in a forward to the report.
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