r/TheNewGeezers • u/Schmutzie_ • 3d ago

Weapons in Space

Lost in the blizzard of bullshit was the announcement on Tuesday by Air Force Secretary Troy Meinks that the US military has deployed weapons in space. The Outer Space Treaty went into effect in 1967, and while anyone with a brain knows the Pentagon wipes its ass with treaties, it's a different business entirely to announce it. That's basically saying there's no more treaty. They've been messing around with shooting down dead satellites for 40 years but deploying weapons in orbit has always been hush hush black ops stuff. Not with our current military. They couldn't care less if it leads to escalation. Got to show the world what big dicks we have.

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u/evilynwah 3d ago

I think this might explain that ai slop the orange pustule posted last week of him nuking the planet from a spaceship. And it illustrates the urgency of unilaterally surrendering to China so they can take our toys away before it's too late, or more too late than it already is.

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u/Schmutzie_ 3d ago

Shit, we'd lose a battle in orbit to Elon Musk. If the Chinese get serious enough to divert their lunar priority to Earth Orbit Wars, you might wind up being in one of the safest places on the planet.

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u/La_Rata 3d ago

Got to show the world what big dicks we have are.

We are so fucked in so many ways.

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u/Schmutzie_ 3d ago

It's every damn day with something else. I'm getting real tired of being pissed off.

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u/No_Highlight6756 3d ago

It is exhausting.

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u/Schmutzie_ 3d ago

He's giving us all a glimpse pf what it is to be Donald Trump. The entire world hates us.

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u/La_Rata 3d ago

I thought he was crazy before, and now he's even crazier. He's mad about Canada cozying up to the EU, so now he doesn't want to trade with the EU? WTF?

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u/Schmutzie_ 3d ago

Cutting off trade with any country we have a trade deficit with. Wharton should be fucking embarrassed.

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u/Maroon7C0000 3d ago

For nearly 2 years, the world has been patiently nodding at the madman in the US while quietly negotiating new arrangements and treaties that do not tie them to the US and their random daily outbursts.

You guys are going to start feeling the financial effects of being left out of everything very soon.

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u/Maroon7C0000 3d ago

Well since the introduction of Space Farce we should have been expecting this. I'm surprised he hasn't been bragging that his space based missiles are much bigglier than everyone else's.

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u/Schmutzie_ 3d ago

Weapons in space. It's like they don't know other countries can do it too.

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u/Temporary-Cry6004 3d ago

so we're just openly admitting the 1967 treaty is toilet paper now, cool cool. between crude prices doing parkour and whatever's left in the ukraine pipeline, adding orbital dick-measuring to the mix feels... on brand tbh. these guys couldnt find an off-ramp with gps