US says Russia likely launched anti-satellite weapon

Russia Reportedly Launches Counter-Satellite Space Weapon - American Faith

The U.S. Intelligence Community believes that Russia launched an anti-satellite space weapon. “We have observed nominal activity and assess it is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low-Earth orbit,” the U.S. Space Command said in a statement. The weapon was reportedly “deployed this new counter-space into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite,” U.S. representative in the U.N. Robert Wood sai…

US says Russia launched antisatellite weapon into space; Moscow shrugs off ‘fake news’

A top Russian official on Wednesday denied U.S. claims that Moscow had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that could potentially attack other satellites, calling it “fake news.” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said a day earlier that last week the Kremlin launched a satellite assessed as “likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable…

Russia launched counter space weapons into orbit, threatening US satellite: Pentagon

Russia is taking tensions with the United States into lower earth orbit.

Russia launched anti-satellite weapon into same orbit as US government satellite, Pentagon says

The Pentagon spokesperson said he did not know whether Russia notified the U.S. before the launch.

Pentagon says Russia 'likely' launched 'counter space' satellite

A Pentagon official said Tuesday that Russia has placed a "counter space weapon" into space last week in the same orbit of U.S. government satellites and could threaten them.