NationofChange Space weaponization âcannot be walked backâ âItâs time for arms control planning to address the issues raised by this drift toward militarization of space.â The Hill, the Washington, D.C. news website. Fairlamb knows the weaponization of space issue. His background includes being an International Affairs Specialist for the Army Space and Missile Defense Command and a Military Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs. He is familiar with war first-hand: he was a company commander in Vietnam. He holds a doctorate in âComparative Defense Policy Analysis.â âGiven the implications for strategic stability, and the likelihood that such a decision [to deploy weapons in space] by any nation would set off an expensive space arms race in which any advantage gained would likely be temporary, engaging now to prevent such a debacle seems warranted,â wrote Fairlamb in his opinion column on February 4th in