The White House confirms that Russia has a “worrying” but “not yet active” new anti-satellite weapon. Washington downplays the threat: “we are not talking about a weapon against human beings or that causes physical destruction on Earth” The Russian project is a nuclear system that from space could destroy satellites for civil communications, espionage and surveillance, and military coordination and control.
The alert about the case was raised on Wednesday, when the president of the Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives issued a cryptic statement.