Pros And Cons Of The Militarization Of Space

Satellites, everyone depend on them more than you think. Many of the things on phones need satellites, they give you TV, and give weather forecasts. But they also do more than everyday things, they protect everyone from forest fires, oil spills, and air pollution by monitoring land and helping to distribute needed measures. And now these necessities of our lives are being threatened by the want to militarize space. This so called “evolutionary stage” must be stopped as it will start a new arms race, costing countries unbelievable amounts of money. It would also threaten our planet and the usability of space (Critical Issues). The militarization of space also does not have much support of citizens in the United States. Many people believe that warfare in space will only be our next stage in evolution, but we cannot allow this to happen as it will start a new arms race. To date, no countries have put weaponry but many experts agree that many countries have the money to do so and also have the knowledge to do so (Militarizing Space). This was proved in 2007 when China launched a test ground-based anti-satellite weapon which targeted, and hit one of their old weather satellites. This impact shattered the weather satellite into over 3000 pieces endangering current satellites (The Battle Above). This event has shown the …show more content…
The weaponization of space would also lead to an increase of space debris, threatening the usability of public space as collisions and attempts to destroy satellites would create countless more space junk. The weaponization of space would also cost billions, and would make the ever increasing military budget skyrocket, and therefore putting our nation into even further debt. There are few, if any good reason for the militarization of space, yet there are countless reason for preventing