Russia test-fired an anti-satellite missile in its pursuit to turn space into a “warfighting domain,” the U.S. Space Command announced Wednesday.
The direct-ascent, anti-satellite missile test took place Tuesday, an official at U.S. Space Command told Fox News.To date, Russia has demonstrated two types of space weapons, the agency says. “Russia has made space a warfighting domain by testing space-based and ground-based weapons intended to target and destroy satellites,” U.S.
Army Gen. James Dickinson -- the leader of the Space Command -- said in a statement. “This fact is inconsistent with Moscow’s public claims that Russia seeks to prevent conflict in space.” Dickinson added that Moscow is looking to “exploit U.S.
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