"The U.S. has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action." 

"Space control encapsulates the mission area required to contest and control the space domain -- employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities."

"These capabilities can be employed for offensive and defensive purposes." 

U.S. Space Force spokesperson

US Space Command has announced it has put weapons in space for the first time. (Reuters: US Space Command/Christopher DeWitt)

 

"[The] weaponization of outer space turning it into a battlefield, as well as an arms race there [must be avoided at all costs]."

"We urge the U.S. side to stop expanding its military capabilities and preparing for war in outer space."

Guo Jiakun, Foreign Ministry, China 

 

"[Space must be kept] free of any weapons."

"We are counting on broad international consolidation to continue working toward the complete demilitarization of space."

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman, Kremlin, Russia

The US Space Force's deployment will likely provoke other countries to follow suit, experts warn. (Reuters: Mike Blake

 

American authorities unceasingly portray China and Russia as aggressors worldwide. And the truth is, they have proven themselves to be just that, in their focus on territorial expansion and their willingness to author conflicts to gain their goals. Russia for the time being, more obviously prepared to declare war by any other descriptions which ends up killing tens of thousands of civilians and military alike. China's forte has been on the commercial side, with loans to developing nations for vital infrastructure, making for indebtedness, just as it has succeeded in becoming the global colossus of manufacturing, stripping it from the West, providing cheaper alternatives to a welcoming marketplace. 

 

Taiwan awaits the inevitable from China in Beijing's long march toward 'unification' where war is not ruled out to achieve its intentions. Although the United States has been the leader in space exploration, China has been close behind, landing a rover on the far side of the moon and acquiring valuable samples to answer astronomical questions of Earth's evolution even as the U.S. looks further into the universe to decipher its origins and creation. Russia was first in space exploration with Sputnik, falling behind ever since.

 

China is among the countries with its own space ambitions. (Reuters: China Daily)

 

International cooperation with the long-shared Space Station that temporarily housed both Russian and U.S. astronauts and scientific experiments, worked well as long as it lasted, but a resurgence in American pride and status as the world's sole superpower urges it forward continually to distinguish itself from its competitors seeking similar status and recognition. And then there is India which has also convincingly demonstrated that the world's most populous country is also capable of great scientific engineering feats in outer space.  

"The only difference is that the U.S. used to keep it ambiguous, whereas now it has gone public, which shows that Washington is no longer trying to hide it."

"China will not stand by and do nothing."

"Whether China deploys weapons in space will depend entirely on whether the United States moves in that direction."

Song Zhongping, independent military commentator, Hong Kong 

U.S. Space Force Guardians assigned to Space Delta 5 monitor computer workstations at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, U.S., December 18, 2025. U.S. Space Forces/David Dozoretz/Handout via REUTERS

 

The sensitive issue of the militarization of space is a troubling one. The very thought of these national powers developing the methodology and structures involved in producing space weaponry to challenge each other's military aspirations beyond the confines of Earth is bedeviling beyond measure, representing a failure of human willingness to respect parameters beyond which none should seek to venture. The executive branch of national politics and their elite military counterparts see no reason to curtail their ambitions.

 

That life on Earth will become more fraught with existential challenges while the heavens above are wracked with powerfully destructive weapons of mass annihilation, particularly at a time when artificial intelligence is being worked to contribute to the functions of design, manufacture, scheduling and  schemes of alpha conquest and control, risking at the same time the eventual autonomous devolution of AI estimating that humankind has failed its own test of humanity, and that it is time for a higher intelligence that is not human to make its mark, adds substantially to 'what could conceivably go wrong'.

 

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches a classified payload for the United States Space Force at Cape Canaveral in Florida in 2024. Photograph: Joe Marino/UPI/REX/Shutterstock

 

Neither the advance toward the militarization of space, nor that which continues to further develop artificial intelligence capabilities beyond the capacity of human ingenuity to control can be of any benefit to humanity, and indeed has the potential to end humanity. That the United States of America under the controlling mind and hand of a a megalomaniac for whom caution is a difficult-to-spell word and a concept he will not recognize, as his whims and arrogance disrupt human relations and nation-to-nation coherence is no shrugging matter.  

"There is a regulatory vacuum because Article 4 of the 1967 treaty only forbids weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons in orbit."

"Moscow and Beijing have been wanting to work for about 20 years on a treaty to prevent the placement of weapons in space [while] western states are trying instead to work on the notion of responsible behaviour."

"The U.S. announcement will likely give impetus to the restrictive approach that Moscow and Beijing are pushing for." 

Laetitia Cesari, space law expert  

The US military's unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, pictured at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, the US in 2025. — Reuters/

 

Columbia University students maintained a protest encampment on their campus following arrest of more than 100 protesters. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

 

"[We appeal to you to expedite a method of entry into the United States for Jewish Canadians] who are experiencing persecution or who credibly fear for their safety because they are Jewish."

"[There exists] an alarming climate of harassment intimidation, vandalism, threats and violence [faced by Canadian families since the Hamas terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023]."

"Advocates working directly with these families report that more than 2,000 Jewish Canadians have expressed interest in relocating because of growing concerns for their safety."

"Accordingly, we respectfully ask that you direct the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to identify and implement lawful, secure, and appropriately expedited pathways for eligible Jewish Canadian nationals and their immediate family members who face persecution."

National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL)

The NACL letter urged the administration to coordinate with state and local governments, Jewish organizations, churches, nonprofits and employers willing to help families establish new lives in the United States.

 

This Christian group forwarded a proposal to the White House, attention of the President of the United States, appealing for a legal pathway to welcome Jewish Canadians fearing for their safety during a renascent flood of antisemitism whose effects have impacted the sense of security of Canadian Jews for the past three years and more. Led by Palestinian student groups, fuelled by hatred of Israel, incited and paid for from abroad through the Muslim Brotherhood and its sponsor Qatar, manifestations of that in-your-face antisemitism have taken place in the streets through mass protests, on university campuses and has seeped into public medical institutions where Jews now fear being treated in hospitals that employ Muslim medical staff where they are met with hostility.

 

There have been far too many instances of vandalism perpetrated against Jewish-owned businesses and institutions, in Canada, with Jewish parochial schools and community centers and synagogues being targeted with the violence of being shot at, vandalized, and fire-bombed. Crowds of Jew-hating Muslims and leftist allies have marched through Jewish neighbourhoods in Toronto and Montreal, shouting invective, chorusing 'Globalize the Intifada', 'Final Solution', and 'From the River to the Sea', terrorizing the residents, with insufficient response from municipal authorities and related police services.

 

Christian organizations like that of the NACL have expressed their sympathy at the plight of Jews in North America and Europe being verbally attacked and facing violent threats. Their empathetic responses, fellowship and offers of assistance have been heart-warming and serve as a balm to the wounded sentiments of Jews everywhere. However, the solution sought here, to encourage and formalize a system whereby Jews can leave Canada for haven in the United States, while a kindly gesture, would only move Jews from one threatened place to another, since American Jews are also facing very similar circumstances of exposure to racist hatred from the very same sources.

 

Trump shared a link to the report on Truth Social on Sunday evening, but did not comment on the contents.

 

The letter, sent to the attention of President Donald Trump, signed by Jason Rapert, founder and president of NACL, along with state representatives and religious leaders, with copies to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. senators and representatives, expresses a heartfelt concern with the hope of ameliorating the pain and vulnerability being felt by some Jews in Canada who have expressed a wish to leave the country for another that they believe promises them greater safety, respect and dignity. Yet, there too the harassment and hatred will assail them. Just as fundamentalist Muslims in Canada preach hatred of Jews, so too do those in the United States.

 

People set up a makeshift memorial for the hostages taken in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led militant attacks on Israel near an ongoing pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

 

As good-hearted as the move by the Christian group is, in the expression of its concern for a beleaguered community with which they feel a brotherhood, it is but a band-aid solution to a serious disease immune to band-aid responses. Calling for the Trump administration to cooperate with states, local governments, Jewish organizations, churches, non-profits and employers willing to assist arriving families does nothing to solve the larger issue. That issue is the presence of antagonistic, hostile religious exponents of fundamentalist Islam for whom obligatory jihad for the faithful begins with expunging the presence of Jews.

 

Statistics Canada's latest data reflect that 71 percent of religious hate crimes in the country targeted its Jewish population. In the United States, the Anti-Defamation League's August report highlighted that 63 percent of all reported religion-based hate crimes in 2025 targeted American Jews, according to data from the FBI, making 2025 the third-highest year on record of anti-Jewish hate crimes in America. "We believe this moment presents another opportunity for America to demonstrate those principles" of "America's historic commitment to stand against religious persecution", the letter states.

 

CHRISTIAN LEADERS HOLD EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN JERUSALEM TO CONFRONT GLOBAL RISE IN ANTISEMITISM   Fox News

 

"For generations, America has served as a refuge for people fleeing religious persecution."

"We urge you to ensure that, consistent with federal law and the security interests of the United States, that door remains open to our Jewish brothers and sisters in Canada who need it today."

National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) 

Students demonstrate on the campus of Atlanta's Emory University on Thursday as campus protests across the U.S. lead to confrontational standoffs with police, mass arrests and accusations of antisemitism. (Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images)

"The DSA and others are saddling the Democratic party with nominees whose wildly unpopular positions will protect Republicans from having to pay the price of Donald Trump's corruption and economic incompetence."

"In November, a continued focus on defunding, decriminalizing and decolonizing will highlight cultural issues that alienate many Democrats, not to mention a huge swath of independents [who make up a record-high 45 percent of the electorate] and disenchanted Republicans." 

Rahm Emanuel 

 

"Socialism has become increasingly popular among Democrats, but it is a much tougher sell in the rest of the electorate."

"There is a reason why Republicans nationwide are licking their chops, and why there are at leas some Democrats who are a little bit worried."

"Because what is true in New York City in a Democratic primary ain't necessarily true nationwide with the general electorate."

Harry Enten, Senior Data Reporter, CNN  

 

"The Democratic Socialists of America [DSA] is drawing new scrutiny after more than 35 DSA-backed candidates won primaries heading into the November mid-terms, forcing what analysts call an identity crisis inside the Democratic Party."

"[The DSA calls for government expropriation of  private corporations, state-owned housing, racial reparations], universal health care at no cost to individuals, [abolution of the Senate, and] a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital [following the end of] all military and economic aid to Israel."

NewsNation  

According to The New York Times, these are plans requiring government officials to seize a much larger portion of Americans' wealth, so they can enforce policies and target enemies. With their "influence on the rise", DSA candidates "are eager to tax the rich and enact anti-Israel policies". 

 

Radical candidates have tapped into an ideological shift among Democratic voters, and this accounts for their wins. A June YouGov/Economist poll showed that 58 percent of Democrats have a favourable opinion of socialism, and 62 percent would vote for a "Democratic Socialist" candidate. Senator Eugene McCarthy must be twisting in agony in his grave. 

 

In AP-NORC polling, 58 percent of Democrats feel the U.S. is "too supportive" of Israel and among them 52 percent feel that Israel committed genocide in its  defensive war against Hamas. "An ascendant faction of the left ... sees opposition to Israel as a Democratic litmus test", according to CNN. Also according to CNN, many Jewish Democrats grapple with loyalty to the extent they have crossed the line toward explicit antisemitism: "They point to references to Jewish or Israeli interests nefariously controlling politics with money or suggesting that Jews aren't fully loyal to America or to Democratic values." 

 

AP-NORC further found that "Republicans have shifted in the opposite direction, with a majority now claiming U.S. support for Israel is about right". Among GOP voters just 13 percent, and 31 percent of Americans overall accept the charge that Israel has engaged in genocide. For their part, mainstream moderates among Democrats view an opportunity slipping away while their party slithers toward hate and economic authoritarianism. 

 

Demonstrators hold a "Democratic Socialists of America" banner ahead of a vote by the Rent Guidelines Board at el Musseo de Barrio in New York, July 25, 2006. Adam Grey, Bloomberg/Getty 

 

Democratic-aligned Americans who identify as democratic socialists:

• Tend to be younger (59% are younger than 45, compared to 46% of non-democratic socialists aligned with the Democratic Party) and are more likely to be White (57% to 49%)
• Are less likely to have a college degree (66% to 54%) and more likely to earn less than $100,000 a year (76% to 65%)
• Are more likely to say they are extremely motivated to vote this year (66% of those who are registered voters say so, compared to 57% for non-democratic socialists), though both groups overwhelmingly support Democratic congressional candidates (99% of democratic socialists and 94% of non-democratic socialists)
• Are more positive toward the Democratic Party. They are more likely to hold favorable views of the Democratic Party (68% to 60%) and its congressional leaders, and more likely to have negative views of the Republican Party and its congressional leaders 

CNN Poll 

"The deadly reality of antisemitism that Jewish communities worldwide confront at levels unprecedented since World War Two [is the] picture that emerges from this report, both sobering and urgent."

"Extremists are targeting Jews in every aspect of society, from Jewish camps to allies who stand against hate. Activists across the country are working to push Jewish presence out of public life -- from unsuccessful attempts to exclude Jews from participating in Pride celebrations, to the deliberate targeting, harassment, and violence against our community members at schools, summer camps, community centers, in our workplaces and in unions."

JT Annual Report on Antisemitism for 2025 

 

"Canada remains one intelligence failure away from a mass casualty event, and ... the Jewish community is keenly aware."

"We are grateful to our police and security agencies for disrupting at least four ISIS-inspired terror plots since October 7, 2023."

"But it should not take a Bondi Beach on Canadian soil before leaders at every level respond with the urgency this threat demands."

Noah Shack, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs 

On May 21, 2025, a gunman killed two young employees of Israel’s U.S. embassy outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The next month, an 82-year-old woman was killed in Boulder, Colo., when Molotov cocktails were thrown at a group of people demonstrating in support of Israeli hostages. Two people were killed in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, U.K., on Oct. 2, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Photo by Getty Images

 

An annual report on antisemitism in major Jewish diaspora regions worldwide point out that antisemitic attacks are now at their deadliest level in over 30 years. A combined 20 people were murdered in 2025, in antisemitic attacks that have taken place in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, representing a record number of hate-impact fatalities since the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association in 1994 where 84 people were killed. 

 

No Canadians lost their lives to antisemitic attacks, but they were targets of 71 percent of religious hate crimes, according to Statistics Canada. In 2025, an Islamist killed two employees of Israel's U.S. embassy outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. An 82-year-old woman was lethally victimized in Boulder, Colo., when Molotov cocktails were flung at a group of people demonstrating in support of Israeli hostages. Two more people died in an attack in Manchester, U.K. on a synagogue. In December two Islamists killed 15 people at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney. 

 

The J7 Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism takes into account the seven largest Jewish diaspora countries represented by Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Britain and the United States. Over 23,000 Jew-hatred incidents were documented for 2025 across the region, comprising over nine=tenths of the diaspora population.   

"Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal."

"Governments must stop reacting after Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real security funding, stronger laws and social media platforms that enforce their own rules."

JT Large Communities' Task Force Against Antisemitism  

While each of the countries involved still see antisemitic incidents dramatically above pre-October 7 levels, the sharpest rise of such incidents since 2021 (270 percent) took place in Australia, followed by Germany (215 percent), the United States (131 percent), and France (124 percent). The highest per-capita rate takes place in Germany with almost 70 incidents per 1,000 Jewish residents in 2025, some five times the rate of Australia, six times the U.K.'s and almost 70 times the rate in the United States.

 

Mourners gather by floral tributes at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of the Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Dec. 15, 2025. Authorities labeled it an antisemitic terrorist attack. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)

 

As for Canada's levels, there was a drop of 16 percent to 788, translating to roughly two reported incidents per thousand Jewish residents, from 943 incidents the prior year, yet antisemitic incidents remain 50 percent higher than they were in 2022. JT countries recorded a combined total between 2022 and 2025 of over 91,000 antisemitic incidents. A "persistent toxic environment remains on campuses", while public school classrooms can be "hostile" with "inadequate institutional responses". 

 

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Canada is calling for a new criminal offence to punish wilful promotion or glorification of terrorism, and for "consistent enforcement of Canada's existing laws", contending that "hate-motivated criminals" are most often released on bail, or are never even charged. Proactive measures that safeguard Jewish communities are urged by the J7, before incidents take place, rather than responding only following the occurrence of harmful incidents.

 

Anti-Zionism or anti-Israel activism, noted the report, were used as a "vehicle for antisemitic expression" in a sizeable number of incidents; 48 percent in the U.K.; 45 percent in the U.S; and 23 percent in Germany. "More than 53 percent of all incidents referenced Israel, Gaza, the war or October 7", states the report.  

 

 

"Canada has made important progress by investing in community security and strengthening hate laws."

"Those are important steps.While we strengthen our defence, we also need to go on the offence against violent extremism."

"That means getting tough on terrorism, deepening intelligence partnerships with our allies, giving police and security agencies the resources they need, and confronting the extremists who radicalize and incite violence here at home."

Noah Shack, CIJA CEO