Russia rejected the accusations of the United States regarding the deployment of weapons in space
| The permanent representative of Russia at the UN headquarters in Geneva called the claim made in America about Moscow's intention to deploy weapons in space as absurd and false, and the Kremlin spokesman also said: Washington has not yet contacted Moscow about the rumor about the development of anti-satellite weapons. |
According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Novosti” news agency, Gennady Gatilov, the permanent representative of Russia at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, announced this morning, Saturday, that some Western media reports about “Russia’s plans to deploy nuclear weapons in space” which were apparently raised in the US Congress can only be described as false and absurd.
Gatilov also noted that Russia is firmly committed to complying with its international obligations, including those arising from the 1963 Test Ban Treaty. Nuclear is in the earth’s atmosphere, space and underwater. According to him, the Russian Federation is also the initiator of working groups and plans in the United Nations with the aim of banning the deployment of weapons in space, which is still not supported by the West.
The Russian diplomat noted that the new information “seems to fill the public mind” well with the collective Western efforts in recent years at the UN Space Committee and at the Conference on Disarmament to prove the alleged incompatibility of the Outer Space Treaty in 2016. 1967 corresponds. There is no doubt that the new batch of baseless insinuations against Russia is nothing more than another “cover operation” aimed at diverting attention from the practical implementation of military space projects by the Americans.
.” “We still don’t know about it.” Washington officials have ordered direct talks with Moscow about Russia’s alleged production of anti-satellite weapons. He added: “I can confirm that this applies to the anti-satellite weapons that Russia is producing.”
There is no immediate threat to the security of the United States, and he noted that the White House does not mean weapons that would be used against people or for physical destruction on the planet. He emphasized that the United States closely monitors Russia’s actions and treats this issue very seriously. Russia’s current actions
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden announced in a televised speech last night that Washington still has no direct nuclear threat from Russia does not care about the people of the United States. He said that the United States has received information about Russia’s technical capabilities to deploy anti-satellite weapons in space, but this does not mean that they intend to implement this plan or a nuclear threat.
Biden added: “First of all, there is no nuclear threat to the American people or anywhere else in the world from what Russia is doing right now. Everything they do or will do is related to satellites in space and the possibility of harming them. We have no evidence that they have decided to move forward on this.
At the same time, Biden expressed hope that Russia will not deploy an anti-satellite system in space.
On Thursday, US officials briefed the US Congress and European allies on new information about Russia’s military capabilities in space, according to Reuters. It was recalled that such a possibility is apparently related to the efforts of the Russian side to produce nuclear weapons for deployment in the Earth’s atmosphere.
In this regard, Mike Turner, president The intelligence committee of the US House of Representatives announced a “serious threat to national security” and asked Joe Biden to declassify information related to this issue.
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