Saltzmans Abschiedswarnung: Bereiten Sie sich auf einen Krieg im Weltraum vor, um den Frieden zu bewahren

>arguing that the best way to deter such a war is to build military forces capable of fighting and prevailing in space.

Because this was such a good policy when it came to nuclear weapons 🙄.

*edit to be clear, I’m not arguing against the necessity of Space Force (or any other nations equivalent). It was a wise decision to separate Air and Space operations into dedicated branches. What is *not* a wise decision is to fear monger our way into kessler syndrome.

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Domination of the space domain sounds like it could be the way hedgmonies could be considered In the next 100 years or so. 

Whoever controls atmospheric entry/exit controlling any potential shipping lanes. 
Would have strong economic and political pull over other nations. 

Frankly as long as we’re talking about the hypothetical, id love the erasure of modern day nationstates, but its obvious that we’re far away from that conversation. 

Wars will end. In the UK the military is facing a 40% decline in applications. When Putin started his special operation over a hundred thousand young Russian men crossed the border. Zelensky says he will not reduce the conscription age because he doesn’t want to destroy the future of Ukraine but even in Ukraine they have people trying to cross the border.

Twenty years ago you could launch your P2P client and see flags from all over the world. I even once asked in a forum what the Korean flag was because I thought it was North Korean. Someone pointed out it was South Korean and I realised this Internet revolution was everywhere.

At the start of the Internet is became obvious that people wanted to get on with each other. Russians and Americans were sharing basketball matches and people all over the world were sharing media and having conversations.

There has been a change. Young people are starting to question the need for war. We need to keep the information flowing freely online but governments all the over the world including mine (UK) don’t want that. They want the propaganda that fuels the reasons for war to remain.

Realistically we know that America and China are the only two major military powers yet the continent that has caused the most devastating wars over the past few centuries is Europe.

No one is saying that defence is not needed. The main reasons for conflict are boundary, identity, and resources. In the early days of the Internet there were no boundaries and identity didn’t matter.

I don’t think the imperative „Si vis pacem, para bellum“ belongs to modernity. We all know Putin lost the war when Trump invited him to America for talks and Putin launched attacks against Ukraine a few days later. If you want to lose a war then insulting the most powerful friend you have is the way to do it.

Just remember that young Russian and Ukrainian men have chosen to cross the border to escape conscription.

Defence is needed now but we should find a way to ensure that it is not needed in the future. The Internet has changed the world and the proof of that is evident in the decline of young people wanting to join the UK army and the tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians who have crossed the border to avoid conscription.

Men, you’re lucky men. Soon you’ll all be fighting for your planet. Many of you will be dying for your planet. A few of you will be forced through a fine mesh screen for your planet. They’ll be the luckiest of all.