‘Diversionary tactics’: Moscow dismisses US & UK’s ‘propagandistic’ claims it tested new space weapon

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has slapped

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has slapped down American and British claims that Moscow has been testing a new anti-satellite weapon. It says the pair are simply trying to distract attention from their own attempts to weaponize space.

US Space Force Command Chief General John W. Raymond claimed on Thursday that Moscow had conducted a “non-destructive test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon,” and that Russian “aggression” in space justified the establishment of the US’ new space agency. He was promptly backed up in his claims by British officials.

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