Retired lieutenant general: US responding to 'arms race in space' that's already underway
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula on Tuesday said the revelation that the U.S. has deployed weapons into space is in response to a space "arms race" that has "already been underway," referring to similar efforts by Russia and China. Deptula told NewsNation's Katie Pavlich on "Katie Pavlich Tonight" that Russia and China...
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Competing claims over weapons and an arms race in space
The supplied center coverage presents competing claims: retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula says the United States is responding to space-weapons efforts already underway by Russia and China, while China warns that U.S. space weapons could fuel an arms race. A historic Christian worldview calls for testing both claims, telling the truth about risks and intentions, and pursuing justice and mercy in ways that protect human dignity rather than treating power as its own justification. It also keeps vulnerable people, including the persecuted church, in view when weighing security choices.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
Ethical application · WEBTest all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
A reader might connect “Test all things” with the need to examine competing claims about whether U.S. actions are responding to or helping drive an arms race. “Hold firmly that which is good” can be applied to seeking truthful, just, and restrained security policy, not as a prediction about current events.
Read the surrounding context (1 Thessalonians 5:16-22)
Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you. Don’t quench the Spirit. Don’t despise prophesies. Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
This interpretation is debated. Some Christians apply this passage directly to evaluating public claims and policy, while others see it primarily as broad guidance for spiritual discernment rather than specific national-security decisions.