{"id":2249908,"date":"2024-05-21T20:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-launches-anti-satellite-weapon-into-space-u-s-intel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T20:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T00:49:50","slug":"russia-launches-anti-satellite-weapon-into-space-u-s-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-launches-anti-satellite-weapon-into-space-u-s-intel\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia deploys anti-satellite weapon in space, according to U.S. intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-launches-anti-satellite-weapon-into-space-u-s-intel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2249908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S. Intelligence\u2063 Community \u2064reports that Russia deployed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-shoots-down-satellite-in-space-using-missile-debris-threatens-international-space-station-reports\/\" title=\"Russia Shoots Down Satellite In Space Using Missile, Debris Threatens International Space Station: Reports\">anti-satellite weapon<\/a> near American satellites. Ambassador Robert Wood disclosed this on\u200c May 16 at the United Nations. The weapon is suspected to be capable of attacking satellites in low\u200d Earth orbit.\u2063 Russia had previously launched a similar weapon\u2062 in 2022. The U.S. Intelligence \u2064Community confirms Russia&#8217;s\u2063 deployment of an anti-satellite weapon near American satellites, as revealed by Ambassador Robert \u200dWood on May \u206316 at the United\u200c Nations. This weapon is \u200bbelieved to target satellites in low Earth orbit, following Russia&#8217;s prior \u2062launch of \u2064a\u2062 similar weapon \u2063in 2022.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Intelligence Community believes that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> government has launched an anti-Satellite weapon into space that is currently deployed near American satellites.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood, who <a href=\"https:\/\/usun.usmission.gov\/our-leaders\/ambassador-robert-a-wood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serves<\/a> as the U.S. Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, made the revelation on Monday while speaking at the U.N.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn May 16, Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that the United States assesses is likely a counterspace weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit,\u201d Wood said. \u201cRussia deployed this new counterspace weapon into the same orbit as a US government satellite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN noted that Russia previously launched an anti-Satellite weapon into space back in 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after U.S. officials warned earlier this year that they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is developing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-official-explains-the-threat-of-a-russian-anti-satellite-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"U.S. military official warns of Russian anti-satellite nuclear weapon threat\">anti-satellite nuclear weapon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) brought attention to the matter in February when he warned that a foreign adversary was working on creating a \u201cdestabilizing\u201d weapon and urged President Joe Biden to declassify the intelligence surrounding the weapon. Subsequent reporting said that the potential weapon would be used to knock out satellites critical to U.S. national security.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/24\/russia-nuclear-weapons-space-un-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vetoed<\/a> a UN Security Council resolution last month proposed by the United States and Japan reaffirming the obligation of countries that signed the Outer Space Treaty not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-aim-to-slash-vital-nuclear-missile-program\/\" title=\"Dems Aim to Slash Vital Nuclear Missile Program\">place nuclear weapons<\/a> in orbit around the Earth. The resolution would ban member states from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-vetoes-un-resolution-to-reaffirm-ban-on-nuclear-weapons-in-space\/\" title=\"Russia blocks UN resolution reaffirming ban on space nuclear weapons\">developing nuclear weapons specifically designed<\/a> to be placed in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we have noted previously, the United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device,\u201d National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement in April. \u201cWe have heard President Putin say publicly that Russia has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space. If that were the case, Russia would not have vetoed this resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-reportedly-warning-putin-not-to-put-nuke-in-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden Admin Reportedly Warning Putin Not To Put Nuke In Space<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Intelligence Community reports Russia launched an anti-satellite weapon near American satellites. Ambassador Robert Wood, U.S. Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs at the UN, disclosed this on May 16 during a speech at the United Nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2249909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/07\/PR1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/07\/PR1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2249909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}