";s:4:"text";s:4175:" While a similar Chinese test in 2007 sparked widespread protests, the Indian exercise seems to have largely escaped front-page headlines. Russia and China could soon possess "destructive" weapons that could be used against the U.S. in a potential space conflict, American intelligence said.
Russia's new hypersonic missile system known as Avangard has entered service, the country's state media has reported. The Race for Space Weapons Speeds Up Jul 9, 2019. by Mark Wolverton On March 27, 2019, India tested an antisatellite weapon by destroying one of its own satellites. The orbital maneuvers of a mysterious object Russia launched earlier this year have raised concerns that the satellite may be a space weapon of some sort.
Warnings of a Russian hypersonic weapon that the U.S. can't defend against may have had you running for the bomb shelter last week. Russia carried out a test of an anti-satellite missile on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, calling it an example of the threats the United States faced in space. The United States voiced deep suspicion on Tuesday over Russia's pursuit of new space weapons, including a mobile laser system to destroy satellites in space… Adversaries and potential adversaries are developing, and in some cases demonstrating, disruptive and destructive counterspace capabilities. Nonetheless, the recent news shows Russia's unwavering efforts to produce space weapons. Mysterious Satellite Sparks Concerns That Russia Has Developed A Space Weapon ... that the satellite could be some kind of secret space weapon. But what, exactly, is this weapon, and how does it work? Cue a Russian freak out. The Russian and Chinese leaders are right to raise the issue and bring it into the focus of public attention. In 2015, Russia … Over the past decade, space weaponry has gone from the stuff of science fiction to reality. WAR OF THE WORLDS.