Experts are worried that with this new announcement, outer space may become the next frontier for an arms race. The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, signed by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union, dictated that no weapons should be placed in orbit. But the treaty had no enforcement mechanism, meaning the U.S.' announcement may not result in any international sanctions, which could instead encourage other countries to add their own weapons to the final frontier, experts suggested.
More than 280 readers voted in the poll, with 80% choosing the option "Yes, I'm worried that space will become the next frontier for weapons."
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The next-largest voting group, 14% of readers, picked this option: "This is a bit premature, and I'm waiting to see how other countries will react."
One comment opined that the presence of weapons in space doesn't necessarily mean they are intended to set off a major conflict, with one reader writing, "I think the observation 'if you want peace, prepare for war' is most relevant here. There is no suggestion these weapons were put there to start a war, but if one eventuates one day we will be glad defensive measures are already in place."
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