{"id":31526,"date":"2020-12-16T16:36:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/16\/space-command-calls-out-another-russian-anti-satellite-weapon-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:23:19","slug":"space-command-calls-out-another-russian-anti-satellite-weapon-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2020\/12\/16\/space-command-calls-out-another-russian-anti-satellite-weapon-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Command calls out another Russian anti-satellite weapon test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Russia conducted its second test this year of a direct ascent anti-satellite missile test, according to a U.S. Space Command, yet again drawing sharp criticism from the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussia has made space a war-fighting domain by testing space-based and ground-based weapons intended to target and destroy satellites. This fact is inconsistent with Moscow\u2019s public claims that Russia seeks to prevent conflict in space,\u201d said Space Command head Gen. James Dickinson in a statement. \u201cSpace is critical to all nations. It is a shared interest to create the conditions for a safe, stable and operationally sustainable space environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space Command said the direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tested is a kinetic weapon capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit. A similar anti-satellite missile test by India in March 2019 that destroyed the nation\u2019s own satellite on orbit drew criticism from observers, who noted that the debris created from the threat could cause indirect damage to other satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/04\/15\/russia-conducted-anti-satellite-missile-test-says-us-space-command\/\" target=_blank>tests of its Nudol ballistic-missile system<\/a> several times in recent years, including in April of this year. Nudol can be used as an anti-satellite weapon and is capable of destroying satellites in low Earth orbit. According to the CSIS Aerospace Security Project\u2019s \u201cSpace Threat Assessment 2020,\u201d Russia conducted its seventh Nudol test in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the Trump administration, the U.S. has used the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/03\/29\/countries-keep-investing-in-weapons-to-take-out-satellites\/\" target=_blank> development and testing of anti-satellite weapons by Russia and China<\/a> as a justification for creating both Space Command and the U.S. Space Force in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe establishment of U.S. Space Command as the nation\u2019s unified combatant command for space and U.S. Space Force as the primary branch of the U.S. Armed Forces that presents space combat and combat support capabilities to U.S. Space Command could not have been timelier. We stand ready and committed to deter aggression and defend our nation and our allies from hostile acts in space,\u201d Dickenson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller made similar comments last week as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/12\/10\/trump-administration-releases-national-space-policy\/\" target=_blank>White House released a new National Space Policy<\/a>, which calls for the U.S. to defeat aggression and promote norms of behavior in space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur adversaries have made space a war-fighting domain, and we have to adapt our national security organizations, policies, strategies, doctrine, security classification frameworks and capabilities for this new strategic environment. Over the last year we have established the necessary organizations to ensure we can deter hostilities, demonstrate responsible behaviors, defeat aggression and protect the interests of the United States and our allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated his department would \u201cencourage and uphold the right of nations to responsibly and peacefully use space, while identifying and resolving behaviors that threaten that right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond direct-ascent missile tests, Space Command has raised concerns about other anti-satellite capabilities in Russia\u2019s possession, including a \u201ccombat laser system\u201d acknowledged by the Russian government in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps more concerning are the activities of Russian satellites on orbit, moves that U.S. officials have called \u201cirresponsible\u201d and \u201chugely provocative.\u201d In multiple instances, Russian inspectors have cozied up to commercial and government satellites on orbit. While that alone has been a cause for concern among U.S. officials, the testing of a potential weapon from those same satellites was even more alarming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017 and 2020, Russian satellites demonstrated the ability to launch objects from satellites in space at high speeds. In one case, a Russian satellite known as Cosmos 2521 was able to sidle up to another Russian satellite before firing an object into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The satellite \u201claunched an additional object into space \u2014 Cosmos 2523 \u2014 at the high relative speed of about 250 km per hour,\u201d recounted Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Chris Ford in April. \u201cI don\u2019t want to put too fine a point on it, but Cosmos 2521 demonstrated the ability to position itself near another satellite and to fire a projectile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSince the Russian military had already demonstrated its ability to fire a projectile from one satellite in space just over two years before, Russia\u2019s irresponsible recent movements are clearly hugely provocative,\u201d said Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/07\/23\/russia-conducted-anti-satellite-test-in-space-says-us-space-command\/\" target=_blank>Russia carried out a similar test in July of this year<\/a>. The Space Force and Space Command call that capability a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space Command used the most recent incident to again draw a contrast between Russia\u2019s diplomatic stance on space weapons and its perceived aggression behavior. Russia has advocated for the international adoption of the Treaty on Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space and of the Threat or Use of Force Against Outer Space Objects, and at the United Nations it has pushed for a No First Placement of Weapons in Outer Space resolution. Given Russian anti-satellite weapon development and it\u2019s activities on orbit, Ford compared these diplomatic efforts to a snake oil salesman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the new test, Dickinson also called out Russia for hypocrisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussia publicly claims it is working to prevent the transformation of outer space into a battlefield, yet at the same time Moscow continues to weaponize space by developing and fielding on-orbit and ground-based capabilities that seek to exploit U.S. reliance on space-based systems,\u201d he said. \u201cRussia\u2019s persistent testing of these systems demonstrates threats to U.S. and allied space systems are rapidly advancing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Space Command says it&#8217;s the second test this year of a missile that can destroy satellites in low Earth 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