Some believe that the U . S . Space Policy violated the Outer Space Treaty, which bans the use of weapons of mass destruction ( WMD ) in space.
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"The United States sees no need for new outer space arms control agreements and opposes the idea of negotiating a new outer space treaty, " he said.
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Previously it had participated in the establishment of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967, which restricts the placement of nuclear weapons or other types of weapons of mass destruction in space.
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The deleterious and unfocused effects of the EMP test led to the banning of nuclear weapons in space in the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 . ( See High altitude nuclear explosion .)
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The framers of Outer Space Treaty initially focused on solidifying broad terms first, with the intent to create more specific legal provisions later ( Griffin, 1981 : 733-734 ).
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Hobe ( 2006 ) explains that the Outer Space Treaty explicitly and implicitly prohibits only the acquisition of territorial property rights public or private, but extracting space resources is allowable.
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Despite containing more specificity and detail than the rescue provision in Article V of the Outer Space Treaty, the Rescue Agreement still suffers from vague drafting and the possibility of differing interpretation.
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Col . Kenneth Cameron presented Boutros-Ghali with the sky-blue U . N . flag carried on the mission and commemorative scrolls of the Outer Space Treaty and the Rescue Agreement.
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Under the Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967, the launch operator's nationality and the launch site's location determine which country is responsible for any damages occurred from a launch.
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The Outer Space Treaty was opened for signature in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union on 27 January 1967, and entered into force on 10 October 1967.
