Russia will not be able or confuse US satellites used by the Armed Forces - an expert

The focus decided to find out whether the Russian Federation has armaments capable of destroying satellites in the Earth orbit, and whether such statements have a bluff. Russian publications cite the statement of the Deputy Director of the Department of Publication and Control over the Arms of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Vorontsov, in which he said that American satellites can become "legal goals" to strike the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Speaking on the thematic discussion "Space (aspects of Disarmament)" in the first committee of the 77th session of the UN GC, Vorontsov noted that the United States, providing Ukraine with "components of civilian infrastructure in space" and thus participate in "indirect participation in armed conflicts. " "Quasic civic infrastructure can be" legitimate purpose "for impact.

As a result of the action of the West, unjustified risks are constant of peaceful space activity, as well as numerous socio-economic processes on earth, on which the well-being of people depends, first of all, in developing countries ", - quotes the Vorontsova site of the permanent representation of the Russian Federation at the UN. We made a comment to Roman Khimich's Telecom-Expert so that he could explain what a Russian official really meant.

According to Roman, Vorontsov spoke about the danger of deployment of arms race in space and the inadmissibility of using civilian satellites not just for the purposes of military agencies, but directly to support military action, as is happening in Ukraine. "This is not the first year, and the Russians are not the only ones who promote this point of view.

For example, a number of NATO members also considers American methods a violation of the 1967 space agreement, which is mentioned, for example, in Breakingdefense. com under the name "Commercial Satellites: Will They Be Military Targets?" Khimich said. Telecom-expert is convinced that no threats on the part of Russian representatives sounded. In his opinion, these were only considerations in the framework of professional discussion-no more.

which could knock the satellites, the expert noted that experiments were conducted, including the Russians. "The possibility [in the Russian Federation-ed. ] Against numerous satellite groups. Therefore, this opportunity can now be neglected, " - commented the novel. He added that it is more likely to obstruct the work of satellites and other forms of influence that do not destroy devices. Such activities have already been recorded and quite possible in the near future.