International legislation advances to prepare for the future "space war"

ByUS Air Force

In modern times where space development by artificial satellites etc. is actively promoted, it is said that the possibility of armed conflict occurring in the universe is unprecedentedly higher. Once a massive war begins in the universe, no one can accurately predict what adverse effects will occur on living creatures living on the earth and on the environment of the earth. In order to prevent such situation, international efforts to promote legislation concerning the military use of the universe are proceeding.

We're drafting a legal guide to war in space. Hopefully we'll never need to use it
https://theconversation.com/were-drafting-a-legal-guide-to-war-in-space-hopefully-well-never-need-to-use-it-86677

Professor of law at Adelaide University, AustraliaDale · StevensHe is an expert in law and military practice in space and is a doctoral courseDuncan BlakeMr. and Mr. are collaborating with experts in Australia, Canada, USA, Russia and China to promote a project to develop guidance on the most effective law application policy concerning military conduct in outer space.

This project takes several years of time, the purpose of which is a manual applied when tension in the universe and clear war acts occurMILAMOS(Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space). In addition, the ultimate goal ultimately aimed is to prevent the act of space warfare and to help build a highly transparent and trusting relationship among the parties involved in the space travel field that will develop in the future I will.

BySascha Pohflepp

Modern society has become highly dependent on the function brought about by satellites. For example, the position capture function realized by GPS satellites is applied in various fields such as communication, economics, agriculture, travel, etc., including familiar GPS functions such as smart phones and car navigation systems. The reliance on GPS and its equivalent functions is high, and in the West 6 to 7% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is brought about by the presence of GPS functionTrial calculationIt is also done.

Communication satellites are also indispensable to modern society. In addition to playing a part of the communication network connecting the whole earth, there are also cases where communication means with outside can not be secured without a communication satellite in a remote border where it is far away from a large city. In addition, there is also a view that high-speed Internet communications supported by fiber optic networks and others are now changing to a satellite-based mechanism in the near future.

In addition to making weather forecasts, meteorological satellites can make weather forecasts, as well as realizing highly productive agriculture, detecting the occurrence of plague diseases, discovering mineral resources, grasping the changes in the global environment, It is possible to obtain high information. In fact, it can be said that these functions are based on a subtle and fragile balance that all of the functions are presupposed that the peace of outer space is preserved.

Utilization of space, as well as military field has been actively promoted. It started in 1991Gulf WarAlthough it is sometimes called "the first space war", this is not the fact that battle actually took place in outer space, but intelligence activities, information transmission, and strategy execution utilizing artificial satellites are the first real authentic It means that it was a war that was done in a similar way. In June 2017, the US Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said, "We must anticipate that war will spread to outer space in all its forms, and the viewpoint of things about that We have to proceed with the means to prepare for it, "he commented on the importance of the US military having superiority in the military power of outer space.

BySte Oni

A number of agreements on the military power in outer space have been made so far. Among them, there are five agreements, among which the most important are the 1967 "Convention on the Principles that govern the activities of the state in exploration and use of the space including the Moon and other celestial bodies" "Space agreementIt is an agreement called. This is a treaty that imposes an obligation to use outer space only for peaceful purpose and prohibits the installation and experimentation of nuclear weapons in outer space. Article 4 of that treaty states that "as a principle of peaceful use" It is stipulated that objects carrying weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons (missile satellites etc.) should not be placed on orbit around the earth or deployed in outer space ". However, this does not prohibit attacks against the artificial satellite itself, and it is advocated that there are parts that are not in line with modern circumstances.

The aim of the MILAMOS project is to update such a situation. In addition to financial assistance from the Australian and Canadian governments, personal donations are also being received in the projects jointly promoted by Adelaide University, McGill University in Canada, and Exeter University in the UK. Activities include the "International Committee of the Red Cross" and non-profit organizationsConcerned Scientific AllianceOrganizations such as the United States of America, Russia, China and other countries cooperation, etc. It is done based on expertise.

It is said that the final manual will be decided and it will be announced in 2020. Although this project is to define guidelines on war, the MILAMOS member who participates wishes to do more than anything else that these guidelines will never actually be used.

ByPascal