On Wednesday Russia’s top arms control diplomat dismissed the United States’ assertions that Russia had launched a weapon into Earth orbit that was capable of attacking other satellites.
The Kremlin has refused claims by US officials that Moscow is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon.
‘Russia had launched an anti-satellite weapon’, said US Space Command on Tuesday. Earlier this month the United States noted the launch of a Soyuz rocket from Russia’s Plesetsk launch site.
Russia’s defense ministry confirmed on May 17 the launch carried a spacecraft but did not provide details about its purpose.
‘The launch was a likely a counterspace weapon capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit’, said the US Space Command.
According to the media resources, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying, ‘I don’t think we should respond to any fake news from Washington’. Ryabkov said the Americans can say whatever they want but our policy does not change from this.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin and his then defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, denied US claims in February that Russia was working on a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon designed to disrupt everything from military communications to phone-based ride services.
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