Russia's top arms control diplomat has dismissed U.S. claims that Russia has launched a space weapon capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites.
Russia's top arms control diplomat on Wednesday dismissed as fake news an assertion by the United States that Russia had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that was capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites. The Kremlin has flatly denied assertions by U.S. officials that Moscow is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon. But on Tuesday, U.S. Space Command said Russia had launched an anti-satellite weapon.
a type of Russian military 'inspector' spacecraft that U.S. officials have long said exhibits reckless space behavior. intelligence agencies had been expecting the launch of COSMOS 2576 and informed allies of their assessment of the satellite before its deployment in space, according to a U.S. official familiar with the intelligence. The launch also included civilian satellites deployed to different orbits.
as of Tuesday, has not gone near a U.S. satellite, but space analysts observed it to be in the same orbital ring as USA 314, a bus-sized National Reconnaissance Office satellite launched in April 2021. Ryabkov said that Russia's space program was developing as planned, including tasks aimed at strengthening defense capability, but added that 'this is also not news'.
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