Weapons in space
This satellite is likely to be considered a ‘anti-smitic weapon’ capable of attacking another satellites in a akin orbit. General Ryder explained at a press conference that this fresh weapon was placed in orbit, which besides features an American government satellite.
Similar systems had already been placed by Russia in orbit in 2019 and 2022. The United States is closely monitoring the operation of Russian space technology. At the same time, the Pentagon spokesperson stressed that the US remains committed to protecting and defending its space while at the same time striving to preserve a unchangeable and sustainable environment in space.
American media pay attention to existing requirements for advance notification for space launch. Ryder did not answer to the question whether the United States had prior cognition of the Russian mission included a circumstantial kind of anti-Smitic weapon.
Russia has not spoken publically about this.
Disputes in the UN
In fresh weeks, Moscow and Washington have had many disputes at the UN on space weapons, accusing each another of pursuing military exploitation of space.
Earlier on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of abroad Affairs, Maria Zacharowa, noted that the United States was seeking to transform the cosmos into a “field of military battle”. For a long time, many military experts have observed that space is likely to become another arena of armed conflict in a planet increasingly dependent on advanced technology.
Since the launch of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia warned that American satellites supporting the Ukrainian army could be considered legitimate targets. In February, the White home admitted that Russia was developing a “quiet” fresh space weapon, although it insisted that it had not yet been deployed. This happened after a elder Republican congressman issued a mysterious informing of a serious threat to national security, which sparked intense speculation throughout Washington.
A study published last year by the Center for strategical and global Studies based in Washington, D.C. shows that Russia is developing various types of anti-satellite weapons (ASAT), including a rocket that was successfully tested against the non-existent satellite from russian times in November 2021.
