Re: Who can launch antisats? (was Re: DoD launcher use)

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From: Steinn Sigurdsson
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:07

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In article <C0Js9I.87@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:

Note changed followup:

E.W.>
   >Of course we didn't.  The United States has gone to war numerous
   >times in the past.  It has never needed permission of the United
   >Nations before.  It was George Bush who set that (dangerous) precendent.

   Careful here...  I don't know exactly what legal maneuvers took place
   when the US formally joined the UN, but if the UN Charter has the status
   of a Senate-ratified treaty, that means it has the force of law in the
   US... and one of the clauses in there is a renunciation of war as an
   instrument of national policy.

   Of course, that just means everybody calls it a "police action" instead...

You mean like Korea? ;-)

*  Steinn Sigurdsson   			Lick Observatory      	*
*  steinly@lick.ucsc.edu		"standard disclaimer"  	*
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From: steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson)
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Subject: Re: Who can launch antisats? (was Re: DoD launcher use)
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