One of the many arms control issues that have been placed on the back burner while awaiting the completion of the next Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty is how to prevent actions in space that diminish global, national, economic and personal security. Satellites provide essential services in every one of these domains, but they are as vulnerable as they are invaluable. It is taking even longer for the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to propose initiatives protective of satellites than for President Ronald Reagan's administration to unveil its initial negotiating proposal for strategic arms reductions.
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