Re: Arming Outer Space

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Inquiring minds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Incorrect.  The Outer Space Treaty prohibits most military activities on
>> the surfaces of "celestial bodies", and forbids stationing of weapons of
>> mass destruction in space, but says nothing about military activities in
>> general in space.
>
>Oh please...Just about everytool used in spacecraft construction, and
>every component on a spacecraft are listed on the US's WMD list. Even
>35% H2O2 is listed as a WMD.

The US's "WMD list" is an irrelevant joke.  The *international* definition
of "weapons of mass destruction" -- the one that applies to treaties -- is
nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons, period. 
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