War in Space

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On November 15 2021 Russia tested an anti-satellite weapon, shattering one of their own satellites into over a thousand pieces. This space debris will orbit the Earth for a very long time, posing a threat to space travel and other satellites.

With space increasingly becoming a site of military activity, is war in space a real possibility? In this episode James is joined by Major General Robert H. Latiff, who retired from the US Air Force in 2006, to find out whether human conflict could really cross into the final frontier.

Robert's new book Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War is available here.

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0:31.5	This episode is sponsored by Audible, where you can now stream the new series of that brilliant Stephen Fry's secrets of podcast.
0:40.3	It peaks behind the curtain of the 1920s this time.
0:43.2	The life and times of the flappers.
0:45.5	Police women, radio, the movies, jazz, the British sense of humour,
0:51.7	censorship and the secrets and lies, the financial crash.
0:56.3	This is another installment of Stephen Fry that listeners love.
0:59.6	There are some brilliant stories in here, all told in a very Stephen Fry type away.
1:03.7	You're going to love it.
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1:08.7	Everyone, welcome to Dan Smod's History. I've got an episode of Warfare for you today.
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1:18.1	Presented by Dr James Rogers. It covers, well, Warfare from the early modern period,
1:23.7	but particularly first and second one, Warthew.
1:26.0	Recently, you're reading a lot on Ukraine as well.
1:28.5	It's fascinating stuff. He gets great guests.
1:30.6	Enjoy this episode. It's an eye opener.
1:32.5	On November 15th, 2021, Russia tested and demonstrated an anti-satellite weapon,
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