US Officials Allege Russia Deployed Anti-Satellite Weapon in Space

U.S. military and diplomatic officials claimed this week that Russia has likely launched a new “counter-space weapon” that could threaten satellite networks. Ambassador Robert Wood, the U.S. alternate representative for special political affairs in the United Nations, first alluded to the suspected Russian space weapon launch in remarks at the U.N. Security Council on Monday, ahead of a vote on a Russian-drafted resolution to ban weapons of any kind in space. Mr. Wood noted Russia had vetoed an earlier proposal before the Security Council to ban the development of nuclear weapons intended for placement in Earth’s orbit, and said this new Russian proposal was prepared in “a hasty process that did not take into account legitimate, repeated, and shared concerns by a majority of this Council.”...