An arms race is brewing in orbit

brew 酿造；泡茶，煮咖啡；酝酿 orbit /ˈɔːbɪt/ 轨道
An arms race is brewing in orbit

Russian nesting dolls 俄罗斯套娃 disgorge /dɪsˈɡɔːdʒ/ 吐出；被迫交出 spat 吐口水（spit的过去式）sped off 急速离开（sped是speed的过去式）void 空间
Kosmos 2542, a Russian satellite that was launched in November, was "like Russian nesting dolls", said General John Raymond, head of America's newly formed Space Force, in February.Eleven days after its launch it disgorged another satellite, labelled Kosmos 2543.Then, on July 15th, Kosmos 2543 itself spat out another object, which sped off into the void.
projectile /prəˈdʒektaɪl/ 炮弹
Merely a "small space vehicle" to inspect other satellites, said the Russians.Nonsense, said the Americans; it was a projectile.
Anti-satellite weapons are not new.During the cold war, America and the Soviet Union developed several ways to blow up爆发，爆炸；放大；使充气, ram撞击, dazzle /ˈdæzl/ 使眼花缭乱 and even nuke /njuːk/ 以核武器攻击 each other's satellites.The countries conducted two-dozen anti-satellite tests between them.
But new competitors, and new technologies, mean anti-satellite warfare /ˈwɔːfeə(r)/ 战争；冲突 is a hot topic once again.
diplomat /ˈdɪpləmæt/ 外交家，外交官
There is little in the way of law or custom to restrain this new arms race.Alarmed by the risks, several groups of diplomats and lawyers are trying to change that, and work out how to extend the laws that cover Earth-bound war into orbit.
Treaty 条约，协议；谈判 interference 干扰，冲突；干涉 heed 注意，留心 hash out 消除
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 requires states to consult each other on actions that "would cause potentially harmful interference", though the rule has rarely been heeded.A group of experts has met regularly at the UN to try to hash out a solution, without much progress.
congested /kənˈdʒestɪd/ 堵塞的，拥挤的
Back in orbit, the problem is pressing.As space gets more "congested and contested", the diplomats and lawyers have their work cut out.