US Warns on Russia's New Space Weapons (reuters.com)

The United States voiced deep suspicion on Tuesday over Russia's pursuit of new space weapons, including a mobile laser system to destroy satellites in space, and the launch of a new inspector satellite which was acting in an "abnormal" way. From a report: Russia's pursuit of counterspace capabilities was "disturbing," Yleem D.S. Poblete, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, told the U.N.'s Conference on Disarmament which is discussing a new treaty to prevent an arms race in outer space. A Russian delegate at the conference dismissed Poblete's remarks as unfounded and slanderous. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at the Geneva forum in February, said a priority was to prevent an arms race in outer space, in line with Russia's joint draft treaty with China presented a decade ago.

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The political pull to the left is strong with this one... Why must you see collusion and conspiracy around every corner?

I see good reasons to move this function away from the Air Force, I also see good reasons not to and why the Air Force might not like the idea. None of those reasons have anything to do with my political bias or creating some intractable advantage for our advisories. These reasons should be (and are being) discussed and evaluated apart from political bias, because politics is usually a poor decision maker when it comes to national defense questions.

So, apart from your unsubstantiated theories about Trump's motives and your political bias, do you have any actual reasons you oppose this you'd like to discuss? (I mean, do you oppose this for some reason other than because Trump suggested it?) If so, let's hear what they are please.