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After Russian ASAT leak, superpowers back away from showdown

Growing threats from anti-satellite weapons were spotlighted when Russian weapons targeting spacecraft with nuclear weapons were revealed.

US National Security and a Rumored Russian Space Weapon

SIS professors William Akoto and Joshua Rovner analyze the national security implications of Russia's rumored nuclear space weapon in this Q&A.

US says Russia launched antisatellite weapon into space - The Hill

A top Russian official on Wednesday denied U.S. claims that Moscow had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that could potentially attack ...

Russia 'should know better' than to put an anti-satellite nuke in ...

AFA 2024 — A senior US military official said today that it's “highly concerning” that Russia is apparently considering putting an anti- ...

Russian space weapon ban shot down by UN Security Council

The United Nations Security Council has voted against a resolution introduced by Russia and China that would ban member states from placing ...

Russian ASAT Weapon Launch Threat To U.S. Satellite, DOD Says

Russia has launched an anti-satellite weapon to low Earth orbit near a U.S. government satellite.

US assesses Russia launched space weapon in path of American ...

Russia last week launched a satellite that U.S. intelligence officials believe to be a weapon capable of inspecting and attacking other ...

Russia has launched a new anti-satellite weapon into orbit, says ...

Russia has launched a new counter-space weapon into orbit, according to officials from the Pentagon.

U.S. says Russia launched space weapon in path of American satellite

The United States has said Russia likely launched a counterspace weapon into the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, an accusation ...

Russia pursuing "troubling" anti-satellite weapon, White House ...

Russia pursuing "troubling" anti-satellite weapon, White House confirms · Some media outlets reported Wednesday that the weapon is "nuclear- ...

Space Nukes Are Bad - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

According to U.S. officials, Russia is developing yet another new type of nuclear weapon. This one is specifically designed to attack satellites ...

Analysis: What are the potential geopolitical implications of Russia's ...

The White House confirmed the following day that the Russian system under development is a space-based anti-satellite weapon and that if it were ...

Russia developing 'troubling' new anti-satellite weapon, US says

A report released by the Washington DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies last year suggested that Russia is developing a ...

Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Disclosure Highlights Space Force ...

Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Disclosure Highlights Space Force Warnings ... Disclosures about a new Russian anti-satellite weapon have thrust ...

Russia's Anti-Satellite Weapons: An Asymmetric Response to U.S. ...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu characterized the test as a routine operation of a "cutting-edge future weapon system" to strengthen Russia's deterrent ...

Russia launched an anti-satellite space weapon, US claims

The Soyuz rocket was launched from Plesetsk on May 16 with a low-Earth orbit on at least nine satellites, official said.

Russia's Stationing A Nuclear ASAT In Orbit Could Spark Next World ...

Detonating a thermonuclear bomb in low Earth orbit could, in a flash, destroy vast clusters of satellites, according to a former nuclear ...

Is Russia testing a new anti-satellite weapon? | Explained - The Hindu

US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby confirmed the claims referred to a space-based “anti-satellite weapon” of Russian provenance.

US: Russia Has Launched an Anti-Satellite Weapon | Extremetech

On X (formerly Twitter), astronomer Jonathan McDowell has confirmed that the Russian satellite, known as K-2576, is indeed hanging around US 314 ...

Pentagon Accuses Russia of Launching Anti-Satellite Weapon

Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit, which the US assesses is likely a counter-space weapon capable of attacking other satellites.