Talk:Space Preservation Treaty

I removed "So far, the current United States government has showed reluctance in supporting such a ban. Instead, the Pentagon appears keen on space weaponry." because unlike the rest of the article it does not appear to be backed by a source. If someone can find a source to support this alleged policy, then go ahead and put it back.

Documentation of US opposition

The entry on "Militarisation of Space" in Wikipedia, quoted below, has examples of the US formally opposing such a ban, via votes against or abstentions on UN resolutions. Cafehunk (talk) 00:55, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

UFO Tag

I have removed the UFO tag, hoping that its inclusion can be explained. Svyatoslav 21:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Space Preservation Treaty was real

The entry on "Militarisation of Space" has the following text:

Space Preservation Treaty

The Space Preservation Treaty was a proposed 2006 UN General Assembly resolution against all space weapons. Only the United States of America voted against the treaty, with Israel abstaining.[United Nations General Assembly Session 61 Verbotim Report 67. A/61/PV.67 page 6. 6 December 2006 at 15:00. Retrieved 2007-09-17.]

There's also mention of further resolutions, also opposed by the US:

In February 2008, China and Russia together submitted a draft to the UN known as the Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space Objects (PPWT).[11] The US opposed the draft treaty due to security concerns over its space assets despite the treaty explicitly affirming a State's inherent right of self-defence.[12] On December 4, 2014, the General Assembly of the UN passed two resolutions on preventing an arms race in outer space.[13]

The first resolution, Prevention of an arms race in outer space, "call[s] on all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to contribute actively to the peaceful use of outer space, prevent an arms race there, and refrain from actions contrary to that objective."[13] There were 178 countries that voted in favour to none against, with 2 abstentions (Israel, United States).[13]

The second resolution, No first placement of weapons in outer space, which emphasises the prevention of an arms race in space and that "other measures could contribute to ensuring that weapons were not placed in outer space."[13] 126 countries voted in favour to 4 against (Georgia, Israel, Ukraine, United States), with 46 abstentions (EU member States abstained on the resolution).[13]

It's not clear to me then, that a treaty that was opposed by only a few nations is or isn't a treaty resolution. Are those votes against or vetoes? Cafehunk (talk) 05:08, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

Redirct

I have undone the previous redirct, which was placed in the course of a merger and deletion, since the destination article Outer Space Treaty does not contain any content about this traty.

Alternatively it could be merged with and redirected to the article Militarisation of space where there are references to the treaty. Nsae Comp (talk) 11:03, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done merge completed with Outer Space Treaty. Cheers, Willbb234^Talk (please {{ping}} me in replies) 13:07, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry for further intervening, but it is not part of the outer space treaty, so I merged/moved it with and the redirect to Militarisation of space where there are allready references to the treaty. Nsae Comp (talk) 18:11, 7 December 2019 (UTC)