This week, the UN "Responsible Code of Conduct for Outer Space" open working group held a meeting in Geneva . At the meeting, representatives of China and the United States clashed fiercely. The United States has been the first to promise that it will no longer conduct destructive helicopter anti-satellite missile tests, and has also called on other countries to follow its own example. As the saying goes, something abnormal will happen. If something goes wrong, there must be a conspiracy. If a country like the United States is keen on developing military weapons to maintain hegemony, it will take the initiative to mention topics related to "anti-war". Sure enough, Chinese disarmament ambassador Li Song fought back at the meeting. He said that the US's research and development in the field of high-tech was earlier than other countries and had long developed and used anti-satellite weapon . It is really "iron" that the United States has proposed this initiative now.
According to the press release of the website of China's permanent delegation to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, during the meeting, the US representative claimed that the US had "taken the lead" and promised not to conduct destructive helicopter anti-satellite missile tests. The US not only calls on other countries to follow suit, but also stated that it would submit a draft resolution, which is quite funny.
1991, the world-famous Gulf War broke out. The United States-led Alliance Army won the war at a very small price. The Alliance Army suffered less than one percent of the casualties of the Iraqi Army, relying on a large number of high-tech weapons invested by the United States. This war also brought many inspirations to the issues of military strategy, campaign tactics and military construction in the New World. From then on, the focus of countries' attention has become how to seize air supremacy and enjoy the advantageous position brought by high technology. The United States has once again consolidated its hegemony, and since then it has become more addicted to developing and upgrading its military capabilities.
After entering the 21st century, competition among countries in the space field has become more intense, and the concept of air supremacy naturally continued to the space field. The United States announced the establishment of the Sixth Military Space Force of the United States in 2018. Former US President Trump declared that it should not only have a sense of existence in space, but also have dominance. In this way, the United States has accelerated the development and deployment of space-based offensive weapons, carried out various military offensive and defense exercises, and has continued to strengthen cooperation with its allies. The US Department of Defense also recently released a new version of the space policy document, saying that space is regarded as a "priority area for American national military forces" and that the capabilities of the US outer space force should be strengthened.
Chinese disarmament ambassador Li Song pointed out that humans only launched the first artificial satellite in 1957, but the United States began to conduct helicopter anti-satellite missile tests in 1959. In 60 years, the United States has conducted anti-satellite tests for the longest time, the most times, and the most comprehensive types. It has already possessed complete anti-satellite means and practical anti-satellite capabilities. Now, the United States calls on other countries not to conduct anti-defense tests, which is "decently ironic." Li Song said that the relevant US initiatives do not pose any restrictions or constraints on the development of the US's own outer air force, and have no practical value in promoting the international outer air force control process.
Since 1982, China and Russia have proposed the "Prevention of an arms race in outer space" initiative and resolution on "Preventing an arms race in outer space" every year at the following Geneva Disarmament Conference , and have also put forward working documents on preventing the deployment of weapons in outer space many times. But the United States and its allies passively boycott China's initiative and obstruct negotiations on relevant legal documents. If the United States really has to be committed to outer space security, it will not obstruct or attack the PPWT draft proposed by China and Russia several times, nor will it only want to close the door to space weapons when the United States is already fully armed in outer space and keep other countries out.
The United States launched the Space Force preparation competition, turning space into weaponization and battlefieldization, aggravating the risks of military misjudgment and conflict. At this time, it was talking about the so-called "responsible code of conduct for outer space" and was the first to make a promise that had no effect on itself and demanded other countries to follow up. Isn't it obvious that other countries can only be beaten by the United States? Does the United States still think that it can coerce the whole world to dance with the United States today?Ambassador Li Song pointed out that the United States is just "expanding unilateral military advantages in the name of arms control." Its real purpose is to gain strategic advantages in outer space and dominate space, which has posed a fundamental and lasting threat to outer space peace and security.
The US initiative is obviously unfair and unfeasible. China calls on all countries to abandon the Cold War thinking, oppose unilateralism, jointly promote the global security initiative proposed by China, and actively promote the negotiations on external space weapons control legal documents, so as to fundamentally maintain peace and security in outer space.
