Naval treaty expectations and uncertainty about space weapons

Reconnaissance satellites prompt a distinction between military activity in space and armed spacecraft. Glynn Stewart points out that the satellites under discussion are not supposed to be armed, and neither participant claims to know whether they are. Alex Clarke compares that uncertainty with ships built under the Washington and London naval treaties and the gap between expectations and actual compliance. They also recall anti-satellite tests, but Stewart is unsure which country's recent headlines he has in mind and warns that his sense of when they occurred is unreliable.