Kremlin Blasts US Move to Militarize Space

Kremlin blasts US move to militarize space

Moscow believes Washington's deployment of an orbital weapons system is taking the world in the wrong direction. Weapons should not be deployed in space, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, responding to the Pentagon's announcement that the US has placed a weapons system in orbit. US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink disclosed the deployment on Monday, saying the US Space Force "now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defendi…

The US says it has launched ‘space control weapons’. It plays into the hands of its enemies

US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink this week announced the United States has deployed what he called “on-orbit space control weapons”.

CHOCHILINO Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit %

The US has confirmed it deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbit, the first time it has acknowledged such offensive capabilities. Russia and China responded by warning of an arms race in space. However, according to the BBC’s Defence correspondent Jonathan Beale, this is already happening. Details of how the weapon operates have not been …