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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Treaty(s) cover part of the situation. SALT II and the Outer Space Treaty prohibits Strategic Weapons and nuclear weapons in space.
Tactical Weapons are allowed IE you could have spacecraft to shoot down the other side's military spacecraft or to defend you're own.
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The Soviets put up armed space stations in the '70s. Check out the Almaz stations. They were armed with 23mm cannons, one of which was successfully tested against a target satellite.