The crux of this deliberation centered around a draft resolution that sought to address the precarious prospect of a burgeoning arms race in the celestial expanse https://orbitaltoday.com/2024/....04/26/russia-vetoes- Spearheaded by the United States and Japan, this resolution aimed to reaffirm a fundamental tenet enshrined in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty: the prohibition of nuclear weapons deployment beyond our terrestrial confines. However, Russia, with a singular stroke of its veto power, thwarted this collective endeavor, invoking both skepticism and concern.