Abstract
States have grown increasingly concerned with the risk of a meteor or comet impact. Some States and international law scholars advocate using a nuclear weapon to destroy or deflect an incoming space object. This article argues that the use of nuclear weapons for planetary defence purposes is legally dubious. Planetary defence, nuclear weapons, international treaties, customary international law, non-proliferation
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