Russia has opened a new front in the conflict with the West Space. At least that’s what North American sources claim, which most American media began repeating yesterday. The Russian President, Wladimir PutinWith his project he would have taken a further step in his “super weapon” obsession Putting atomic bombs into orbit which would theoretically target North American satellite systems that would turn space into a new battlefield. The idea would be to eliminate U.S. satellites that orbit the Earth and provide all kinds of services, from communications to military navigation systems that facilitate attacks.
The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Mike TurnerRussians warned on Wednesday on their social networks of a “serious threat to national security” and called for it Joe Biden to release said information. That same day, Sullivan was interviewed at a news conference and said he would meet with congressional leaders to address the issue and “determine how to proceed next.”
Moscow is known to have conducted at least one confirmed test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon, which involved launching a mini-satellite armed with a projectile, which was then experimentally fired. In recent years, Russia and other countries such as China, Iran and North Korea have allocated significant budgetary resources to the development of capabilities related to the space front, which is an imperative need The United States will develop and deploy new space-based countermeasures, adding another dangerous component to the new arms race. Last year, the Pentagon warned that the Kremlin was using widespread jamming of GPS signals in space to hinder drone operations in Ukraine.
In 2021, Russia tested firing a ground-based anti-missile weapon at a missing Soviet-era satellite, Cosmos 1408, which was dismantled into hundreds of pieces. As part of the new military research, Russia could also have developed a terrestrial laser system called Kalina, which, according to US officials quoted by The Times, “could be capable of blinding or blinding satellites.” The satellites currently being put into orbit by Washington could withstand all types of disruptions unscathed, although they would spin out of control in the event of a nuclear attack.
The use of these nuclear weapons would constitute a serious violation of the law Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which was also signed by Russia. The treaty prohibits placing nuclear weapons “or other weapons of mass destruction into orbit or on celestial bodies or stationing them in space.” With the ratification signed by Moscow, the idea of developing this new technology, initiated by the USSR in the 1960s and known as the “fractional orbital bombardment system,” was abandoned.
As soon as the information published by Western media became known, the Kremlin reacted through its official spokesman Dmitry Peskov, assuring that these alleged Russian plans denounced by Washington were just “another trick,” a White House strategy whose purpose was to provide assistance Due to a new Russian threat, a draft law for Ukraine is passed. “I can’t say anything about it. Let’s wait for this briefing (from the US presidential adviser on national security, Jake Sullivan) to see if there is any information. But it’s clear that the White House, rightly or wrongly, is trying to pressure Congress to vote on the budget bill, that’s obvious. What tricks will the White House use? “We’ll see,” Peskov said. Yesterday the US Senate approved an aid package $95 billion for Israeli aid Taiwan and Ukraine, which would take up most of this economic relief.
Shortly after the start of the Russian invasion, the Kremlin warned that Western satellites used to support Ukrainian military operations would lead to “legitimate goals for Russia, even though it didn’t attack anyone. Likewise, the Moscow regime has denounced the deployment of “more than 400 NATO satellites” against it, 70 of which would be military and the rest commercial.
