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India Urges Legally Binding Pact to Prevent Arms Race in Outer Space
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Moneycontrol•21-10-2026, 10:33
India Urges Legally Binding Pact to Prevent Arms Race in Outer Space
- •India called for a legally binding international instrument to prevent an arms race and ensure outer space remains a realm for cooperation rather than conflict.
- •Speaking at the UN General Assembly First Committee, Member of Parliament Sudha Murty emphasized that outer space belongs to everyone under the vision of one Earth, one family, one future.
- •Murty noted the rise of dual-use space technologies and urged the avoidance of multiple standards and overlaps on space governance issues.
- •India highlighted its major space milestones, including the 2023 Moon landing, ongoing preparations for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program, and future plans for the Bharatiya Antariksha Station.
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India called for a legally binding international instrument to prevent an arms race in outer space, stressing that space should remain a realm for cooperation rather than conflict.
Building on its achievement of landing a spacecraft on the Moon in 2023, India is currently preparing for its human spaceflight programme called Gaganyaan and plans to construct a national space station named the Bharatiya Antariksha Station.
India noted that the emergence of new space actors and dual-use space technologies has become a reality, which makes it vital to avoid overlaps and multiple standards while ensuring that scientific and technological research for peaceful purposes is not discouraged.
