On April 24, citing the global network, the United States and Japan proposed a draft resolution on outer space security in the United Nations Security Council, which not only reiterates the need for countries to strictly abide by the "Outer Space Security Treaty", but also prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in various orbits. In the end, the vote showed 13 votes in favor, with China abstaining and Russia voting against, and the draft failed to pass. Greenfield, the US representative to the United Nations, expressed dissatisfaction with this and questioned the impure motives of the Russian delegates in voting against it, saying that if the Russian side has no ulterior motives and is willing to abide by its security rules, why can't it vote in favor? Greenfield stressed that Russia's behavior is a disgrace.
At the same time, Greenfield also "opened fire" on China, arguing that China did not vote in favor but chose to abstain, which shows that China would rather be on Russia's side than maintain extraterrestrial security and abide by the "global nuclear non-proliferation regime". In this regard, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Nebenzya, retorted that Russia is willing to join hands with other countries to build a sufficiently safe outer space environment to prevent major powers from engaging in an arms race in outer space, but the draft proposed by the United States and Japan only prohibits the deployment and use of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in outer space, but does not prohibit conventional weapons, while Russia hopes to completely ban all types of weapons.
It has been learned that China and Russia have jointly proposed an amended version of the draft resolution, which has made certain amendments to some regulations to prevent countries from deploying any type of weapons in outer space, not just weapons of mass destruction. On the same day, Fu Cong, Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, made an explanatory speech on the newly proposed amendment, stressing that since mankind launched the first outer space satellite, outer space has become a new territory of the earth, but how to protect the security of outer space, so that the interests of all countries are not damaged, and how to prevent the arms race from spreading to outer space is an extremely important topic.
In the end, the amendment received seven votes in favor and seven against, with one abstention, and because it was less than nine votes, the amendment was not passed, and the efforts of China and Russia did not usher in a good result. Compared with the surface of the earth, the development of human science and technology in outer space is still in its infancy, and a harmonious and stable outer space environment is of great importance to all mankind, and competition and internal friction will inevitably stifle the germination of the development of outer space science and technology and slow down the pace of space exploration by all mankind. The United States obviously does not have a clear understanding of this, and in recent years, the United States has continued to exaggerate China's space threat.
On April 24, Stephen, commander of the U.S. Department of Space, said that in the past six years, the number of reconnaissance and surveillance satellites launched by China has tripled, which is an extremely alarming increase, and the White House attaches great importance to this and will take action to counter it. Stephen believes that China is using its space capabilities to increase the destructive power and range of ground forces and improve its overall combat capability, and that the United States will work with Asian allies, including Japan and South Korea, to jointly counter the growing "China threat."
As a matter of fact, as early as March this year, the US company Space X had already signed a contract with the US intelligence agencies to launch a network consisting of hundreds of spy satellites, which would be a very large and comprehensive network. Not only that, but looking back in 2018, under Trump's decree, the United States established the Space Force, which is independent of the Air Force, with the goal of deploying and strengthening the United States' military power in outer space, all of which indicate that the United States is the real threat to the peaceful development of outer space. China has always been committed to making outer space the cradle of human science and technology, and it should not become a gladiatorial arena for competition among countries.
A community with a shared future for mankind will never go out of style, and human society should continue to move forward, rather than regress in internal friction. Therefore, it is unreasonable for the United States to vigorously develop its own military in outer space while stigmatizing the space programs of China and Russia, and China always hopes to discuss outer space security issues with all member states, rather than making the Security Council a voice of the Western world.