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Outer Space Treaty
July 26 , 2017
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• The Outer Space Treaty laid the foundation for an international space law, came into force in October 1967.
• It celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
• 107 countries are parties to this treaty, including India.
• It was formulated to bar its signatory countries from placing weapons of mass destruction in orbit of the Earth, on the Moon or any other celestial body or the outer space.
• The treaty aimed to get the countries to use space exploration for peaceful purposes.
• However, the Treaty does not prohibit the placement of conventional weapons in orbit and thus some highly destructive attack strategies such as kinetic bombardment is still potentially allowable.
