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Beijing announced on Tuesday it had signed a memorandum with Moscow about the creation of a joint International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). A statement issued by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) read: “Within the framework of creation of the ILRS, China and Russia will use their experience in space science, R&D and use of space equipment and technology to jointly formulate a road map for the construction of the ILRS, and carry out the close collaboration on
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Dr Rob Johnson, Director of the Oxford Changing Character of War Centre, said the US and the UK should come to terms with he fact that the “age has already past” where space will stay “pristine” and “un-militarised like the Arctic”. He told the Defence Select Committee on Tuesday: “I really hope the UK realises how serious that is.
UK ‘delusional’ about Russian and Chinese space threat and must ‘redouble efforts’ to protect itself
Both the UK and the US needed to accept that the age has already past where space will remain pristine MPs have been warned
2 March 2021 • 9:45pm
MPs have been warned that China and Russia have ability to maneuver space vehicles
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The UK is ‘delusional’ about the Russian and Chinese space threat and must ‘redouble its efforts’ to protect itself, MPs have been warned.
Dr Rob Johnson, defence expert at the Oxford Changing Character of War Centre, said both the UK and the US needed to accept that the “age has already past” where space will remain “pristine” and “un-militarised like the Arctic”, and said that the UK was “deluding itself” if it believed it would remain peaceful.