U.S. plan to make moon another Afghanistan: Russia

Moscow has warned that America’s invasion of the moon could turn astronomical body into another Afghanistan or Iraq
Russia’s warning is a furious response to President Donald Trump’s plans to launch a lunar mining project, according to a UK-based magazine.
The Week reported that the U.S. was working on a legal blueprint for mining on the moon that could involve Canada, Japan, some European countries and the United Arab Emirates.
America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is reportedly pumping tens of billions of dollars into the Artemis project.
The project, excluding Russia, was aimed to establish the sustainable exploration of the moon by 2028, the magazine said.
Dmitry Rogozin, the director-general of the Roscosmos space agency, tweeted: “The principle of the invasion is the same — be it the moon, Iraq or Afghanistan.”
“Create a coalition of the willing and then, without UN or even NATO, move forward to the goal. But this will only result in a new Afghanistan or Iraq,” he cautioned.
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister reacted: “It continues the line that the US pursues on earth – he who is not with us is against us.”
The project envisions the creation of “safety zones” around moon bases to protect the signatories from rival countries.