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RussiaRussia is furthering its space capabilities and being rebuffed by the US on partnership which is an alt cause that the aff can’t solvePalmer 6/26/16 (Coburn Palmer is a writer for the Inquisitr, “Russia and China Sign Space Alliance to Threaten US Supremacy Targets as Russia Targets Military Satellites”, The Inquisitr, http://www.inquisitr.com/3247550/russia-and-china-sign-space-alliance-to-threaten-u-s-supremacy-targets-military-satellites/, accessed 6/28/16//KR) Russia and China signed a space alliance this week to protect their interstellar interests as the Roscosmos space agency threatened to publicly disclose the location of U.S. military satellites. Russia desperately wants to partner with NASA and prevent the militarization of space, but Russia has been rebuffed by the American space agency, so in retribution they’ve threatened to publicize the location of U.S. military satellites, reports SpaceDaily. “The US wants to preserve its monopoly in regulating space traffic. Moreover, the US military doesn’t want make data on its objects public.” The upcoming Russian catalog of near-Earth objects would include a number of asteroids and space debris, but also the location of secret U.S. military satellites. The Pentagon published the location of Russian military satellites a long time ago, but it keeps information on its own space-going vessels and those of its allies a secret. This political stance helped push China and Russia into a space alliance designed to protect their interstellar rights, promote cooperation in peaceful space exploration, and further the development of interstellar vehicles, according to Sputnik News. “The Russian and Chinese governments have signed an agreement on measures to protect technologies in connection to cooperation on peaceful space exploration and usage as well as creation and exploitation of launch vehicles and land-based space infrastructure.” Russia is attempting to expand its influence with the international community in space affairs and originally intended its catalog of near-Earth objects to be part of a UN database. The Union of Concerned Scientists estimates there are some 1,380 satellites and 500,000 pieces of space junk orbiting Earth, and Russia insists its comprehensive catalogue would increase safety, according to the DailyMail. “The Russian Federation proceeds to establish a national information service, whose function shall be to provide open access to the results of monitoring objects and events in outer space.” Retired U.S. Defense Department analyst Franklin Spinney said America should welcome cooperation with Russia in space affairs, according to Sputnik News. “My gut reaction is that the Russian move should (but probably will not) be viewed as a constructive move.” Russia’s intention to publicize the location of U.S. military satellites is also in line with the Open Skies Treaty signed in 1992 that includes 34 other countries and was designed to regulate unarmed aerial surveillance flights. It would be similar to the list maintained by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). China, Russia and many other countries already know the location of U.S. military satellites so the only people left in the dark are everyday citizens of the Earth who may be unaware of the extent of America’s surveillance capability, reports Sputnik News. “The real threat…would be that the American people should be amazed by the shear scope of our presence, compared to that of the Russians and Chinese.” One thing is sure, the space race is heating up as countries around the world compete to see who will be the first to colonize the moon, mine nearby asteroids, and establish a Mars colony. Russia is developing a space taxi it intends to park at the International Space Station to help ferry astronauts to the lunar surface in preparation for a moon colony. Meanwhile, China is continuing with plans to launch its own space station, build a Hubble Telescope, establish a lunar colony, and send a robotic mission to Mars. Both countries lag far behind the U.S., which intends to launch a NASA-organized mission to Mars in 2030. In addition private American space transport companies have made huge strides in developing space faring vehicles. It is, in fact, these private developments that has helped fuel Russian anger. The country is outraged the U.S. has allowed private companies to do whatever they want in space. What do you think? Do you welcome Russia’s publication of U.S. military satellite locations? India + US1ncPlan: The United States federal government should work together with India to create a structure for continued cooperation and naval exercises.US and India are working together now to contain china- Continued cooperation is keyAndrew Korybko, a political analyst, journalist and a member of the expert council for the Institute of Strategic Studies, 4 May 2016, “Is India Now a US Ally? Aligned against Russia and China?”, http://www.globalresearch.ca/is-india-now-a-us-ally-aligned-with-america-against-russia-and-china/5523530 An important component of the larger US-Indian Strategic Partnership is the enhanced naval cooperation between the two countries, which – like every other part of their new alliance – is predicated on “containing China”. Aside from the important aircraft carrier cooperation and other military-technical aspects that were discussed earlier, the two sides are reported to have discussed joint anti-submarine warfare strategies. In addition India is expected to take part in US-led multilateral exercises in June, which will be held provocatively in the Philippine Sea. Although not directly adjacent to the South China Sea, this location is adjacent to the East China Sea where Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a bitter dispute over contested island territories. India’s participation in anti-submarine warfare exercises so close to a potential conflict zone in tandem with the US, Japan, and other anti-Chinese navies is a worrying sign that India is serious about confronting China both in the Indian Ocean Region and right on Beijing’s own East Asian doorstep. Considering how important maritime trade routes are for the still-growing Chinese economy and its global One Belt One Road commercial network plans, the US-assisted rise of the Indian Navy as a trans-regional operating force between the Indian Ocean Region and the South China Sea/East China Sea could prove threatening to China in the coming years. Not only is India doubling down on its strategic collaboration with the US, but it is also trying to “localise” its presence through multilateral cooperation with ASEAN’s maritime members under the ‘plausibly deniable’ aegis of promoting “freedom of navigation”. India’s latest participation in ASEAN naval drills combined with its growing anti-Chinese strategic partnership with the US can be seen as signalling its intent to institutionalise its presence in the South China Sea. Whilst China and Russia are also taking part in these exercises, Moscow obviously is not seeking to “contain” China, whilst Beijing’s role should be seen in the larger framework of its normal relations with countries which are its maritime neighbours. By contrast India’s participation in naval exercises alongside Japan, the US, and Australia imply involvement in a prospective anti-Chinese naval alliance that will eventually involve Vietnam and the Philippines. A2: India wont helpUS has given India $14 billion in defensive items- US and India relationship is improvingTed Galen Carpenter, senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, 4/29/16, “Persistent Suitor: Washington Wants India as an Ally to Contain China”, http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/persistent-suitor-washington-wants-india-ally-contain-china The overall relationship between the United States and India has been improving gradually over the past quarter century. Although resentment still remains in some senior American security circles about Delhi’s extremely cozy relationship with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, those memories have been fading. Indeed, a growing number of policymakers and pundits see India not only as an increasingly important economic and military player generally, but as a crucial potential strategic counterweight to a rising China. Indeed, had it not been for the intrusion of the war on terror centered in the greater Middle East and Southwest Asia, and the conclusion of U.S. officials that India’s arch-rival Pakistan was a vital partner to curb that threat, the bilateral relationship between Washington and Delhi might have improved faster than it has. Even with that handicap, strategic ties have gradually and substantially deepened. President Barack Obama has characterized the relationship between the United States and India as “a defining partnership of the 21st century, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has termed it “a natural alliance.” Perhaps more significant, India has contracted to receive some $14 billion in supposedly defensive military items from the United States in less than a decade. Washington has now edged out Moscow as India’s principal arms supplier. 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