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Russia vetos US-Japan resolution against nukes in space, ‘unprecedented escalation’ in UN fight
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Russia Proposes UN Ban On Weapons In Space, After Vetoing Similar UN-Japan Draft
Russia has circulated a U.N. resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a U.S.-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, goes further than the U.S.-Japan proposal, […]