They're mad.
during the ongoing invasion.
Konstantin Vorontsov, a member of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the head of the country's UN Office for Disarmament Affairs delegation, argued in the statement that the delegation "would like to underline an extremely dangerous trend that goes beyond the harmless use of outer space technologies and has become apparent during the events in Ukraine."
Vorontsov also accused the US and its allies of using its commercial infrastructure in space "for military purposes," arguing that "it seems like our colleagues do not realize that such actions in fact constitute indirect involvement in military conflicts." Therefore, "quasi-civilian infrastructure may become a legitimate target for retaliation." And in light of the aforementioned anti-satellite missile test, it might not be an idle threat.
The violent event, which saw one of the country's own satellites being blown up into countless pieces last November,
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