Together with its pursuit of missile defense, which goes against the Anti Ballistic Missile treaty, an important part of global arms control mechanisms, the USA risks starting a wasteful expenditure of an arms race in space. The United Nations Outer Space Treaty provides the basic framework on international space law, saying that space should be reserved for peaceful uses. It came into effect in October 1967. It was adopted by a recorded vote of 163 in favor to none against, with 3 abstentions. The three that abstained were the Federated States of Micronesia, Israel and the United States of America.
Space is in the nation's economic interest .
Keith Hall, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space, in a 1997 speech to the National Space Club . It is clear to most of the world that the Son of Star Wars, the Nuclear Missile Defense option, is also not about defense, but it is another way for the US to exert its global hegemony. Several documents reveal the plans. The multicolored cover of Vision for 2020 shows a weapon shooting a laser beam from space and zapping a target below. Integrating Space Forces into warfighting capabilities across the full spectrum of conflict.