Satellite became one of the important tools in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Photo/us airforce
The warning comes after NATO unveiled plans for a space surveillance fleet that will use commercial and military satellites for its missions.
Konstantin Vorontsov is deputy director of the directorate of non-proliferation and arms control at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He said Thursday (16/2/2023) that the US is weaponizing space and blurring the lines between military and civilian infrastructure in orbit.
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He explained that America’s use of spacecraft to benefit other nations on the battlefield “is actually a form of participation in (the conflict) by proxy.”
Vorontsov added, “Semi-civilian space infrastructure in particular could face retaliation.”
“At the very least, such provocative use of civilian satellites is questionable under the Outer Space Treaty (1967),” he said.
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