Russia vetoed the United Nations Security Council resolution that would have reaffirmed a 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, coinciding with reports that Russia is working on a nuclear anti-satellite weapon.
The US and Japan proposed the resolution to prevent the development of nuclear weapons or any other mass destruction weapons for space. They highlighted the risks of a nuclear detonation in space.
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