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Russia has claimed earlier this month that Russia “likely” deployed an anti-satellite weapons in space, a claim that the Pentagon has swiftly refuted.
The new counter-space tool was launched five weeks earlier into the same circle as a U.S. federal satellite, according to Pentagon official Patrick Ryder during a press conference on May 21.
He continued, “further indicate features that resembled recently deployed counter-space payloads from 2019 and 2022.”
” Undoubtedly, we would suggest that we have a responsibility to be ready to protect and protect the area, the space area, and to ensure constant and continuous support of the Joint and Combined Force,” he said.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on May 22 rejected the assertion, calling it “false data from Washington”.
” We often oppose the placement of assault weapons in the Earth orbit,” Ryabkov told reporters in Moscow.
About a hundred countries are capable of launching aircraft, with an increasing number of countries. Despite the fact that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty mandates that all arms remain on Earth, about 80 countries and numerous private businesses already have resources in orbit.
On May 20, a UN solution proposed by Russia against an arms race in place was  , no approved , by the Security Council, with seven states, including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, voting against it, and seven countries, including Russia and China, voting in favor of the solution.
Last month, Russia vetoed a U. S. decision against nuclear arms in place. Robert Wood, the U.S. agent at the UN, claimed that Russia at the time engaged in deceptive behavior regarding the development of nuclear weapons in place.
Russian nuclear ambitions in place and the potential for anti-satellite weapons were described in American media reports in February as a risk to national and international security.
Washington allegedly accused Russia of creating anti-satellite arms in response to the reports, while President Joe Biden officially assured Americans that neither they nor the world society are in danger.
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, stated at the time that his country “has constantly been absolutely opposed to the deployment of nuclear weapons in space” and that it is now.
