“Moscow aims to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting its own Counter-Space programme,” he said. The US Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-proliferation, Christopher Ford, accused Moscow of hypocrisy after it said it wanted arms control to be extended to Space. He said, “We call on Russia to avoid any further such testing.” “We also urge Russia to continue to work constructively with the UK and other partners to encourage responsible behaviour in Space,” added Smyth. The head of the UK’s Space Directorate, Air Vice-Marshal Harvey Smyth wrote on Twitter that the Russians had launched a projectile “with the characteristics of a weapon”.
However, according to the US and UK, the development “threatens peaceful use of Space”. The ministry further stated that the inspection “provided valuable information about the object that was inspected, which was transmitted to the ground-based control facilities”. The Russian Defence Ministry said the event involved “a small Space vehicle” that “inspected one of the national satellites from a close distance using special equipment”. Russia testing an anti-satellite weapon in Space on July 15 has risked triggering a Space war.
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