Russia threatens to destroy the commercial satellites of the United States and its Western allies

A senior official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia he claimed that commercial satellites of the United States and its allies could become legitimate targets for Russia if they were drawn into the war in Ukraine.

Russiawhich in 1957 launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite, into space and in 1961 sent the first man into outer space, has significant space offensive capability, as does USA and Chinese. In 2021, Russia launched an anti-satellite missile to destroy one of its own satellites.

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Konstantin Vorontsovdeputy director of the non-proliferation and arms control department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told the United Nations that the United States and its allies are trying to use space to impose Western dominance.

Reading from some notes Vorontsov called the use of Western satellites to help the Ukrainian war effort “an extremely dangerous trend.”

“Near-civilian infrastructure can be a legitimate target for a retaliatory attack,” said Vorontsov before the United Nations First Committee, adding that the use of such satellites by the West to support Ukraine is “provocative.”

“We are talking about the participation of components of civil space infrastructure, including commercial, by the United States and its allies in armed conflicts,” Vorontsov told the United Nations.

Vorontsov he did not mention any specific satellite company, although Elon Musk said earlier this month that his rocket company SpaceX will continue to fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, citing the need for “good deeds.”

the war in Ukraine it has left tens of thousands dead, has undermined the global economic recovery after the COVI-19 crisis and has triggered the most serious confrontation between Russia and the West since the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.

Source: Elcomercio

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