Canada’s leadership in dispelling the rhetoric of space war

While some space-faring nations may have succumbed to the growing narrative of outer space as a war-fighting domain, Canada must stand to promote cooperation, responsible stakeholding and multilateralism in crucial issues relating to space.

Earth from the Moon during Apollo 8 mission, 1968. Canada was one of the first few space-faring nations to recognize the importance of space exploration for national needs. Space serves as a key driver for Canada’s advancement in science, technology and innovation to the benefit of the Canadian public from coast to coast to coast.Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia/NASA

Opinion

BY RAM S. JAKHU, KUAN-WEI CHEN, AND BAYAR GOSWAMI

November 25, 2019

Recently, a lot is being said on outer space becoming a new frontier for conflicts, and there are voices advocating Canada’s preparedness and strategy for what some call “the inevitable space war." This sensationalism to a good extent is unqualified, unduly inflated, and unnecessarily propagated...

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