Washington's militarization of space will ignite arms race

Washington seems intent on getting its kicks by trying to relive the good old days. If that just involved it rambling on about "America first" it could just go in one ear and come out the other. Unfortunately, it also insists on trying to act as it did in the past.

In a dangerously bastardized version of the country's Sputnik moment, US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Tuesday authorizing the Department of Defense to create a new Space Command.

According to Vice-President Mike Pence, it will be tasked with developing "the space doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures that will enable our war fighters to defend our nation in this new era".