The United States’ admission to deployment of an “on-orbit” weapon in the space drew sharp responses from China and Russia, who were not very welcoming of the move and said that the space should not be turned into a “battlefield”.
Without providing much details about the weapons, a US Space Force spokesperson said in a statement on Monday that “the US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action”. Following the announcement, China warned against the “weaponisation of outer space, turning it into a battlefield, as well as an arms race there”. “We urge the US side to stop expanding its military capabilities and preparing for war in outer space,” China’s foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said during a news briefing. “We are counting on broad international consolidation to continue working toward the complete demilitarisation of space,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. the country’s space force did mention that it was capable of defending US forces against “hostile adversary action” While the US shied away from giving out much details about its weapon in the space and its capabilities.
Russia also criticised the move and said that the outer space much be kept “free of any weapons” and called for countries worldwide to make sure of that.
