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Re:How Do We Prevent War in Space? by rjsw on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:02AM (#24941315)
Some space stations of the USSR had a gun [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaz

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Re:How Do We Prevent War in Space? by Steltek on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:25AM (#24941487)
Modified from a bomber's tail gun?! What was the point of expending fuel to launch such a heavy thing into orbit? The Soviet space program lost its mind after the US beat them to the Moon.
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Re:How Do We Prevent War in Space? by blueboo on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:06AM (#24941343)
There is a gun onboard the ISS.
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Re:How Do We Prevent War in Space? by nine_k on Friday October 30, 2020 @09:04AM (#24941769)
A gun port, but not an actual gun, AFAIK.

Soyuz crafts contain a survival kit that includes a handgun, but it's not easily accessible until landing.

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Re:How Do We Prevent War in Space? by jowsie on Friday October 30, 2020 @09:18AM (#24941905)
They've supposedly stopped in recent years;

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/h...

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