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0dayztoday at 1:22 AM2 repliesview on HN

Out of all smoking guns you selected... A space program for defense against icbm as an example of imperialism?

What?

You can criticize said program for being reckless and that it sets a new standard for how to launch impossible to destroy icbms but imperialism?


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matheusmoreiratoday at 4:27 AM

How is a planet wide constellation with offensive capabilities not imperialistic?

The USA has officially killed the Outer Space Treaty with that system. We really do live in interesting times.

Aeoluntoday at 1:25 AM

> In 2019, Donald Trump said the satellites would also carry offensive weapons.

Yes.

This man is going to single-handedly make it impossible for humans to ever reach space again.

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