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US weapons in space are aimed at Russia and China

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Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences Alexander Vasiliev said in an interview with KP.RU that US orbital weapons are directed against satellites and hypersonic missiles of Russia and China, and their activation could lead to the start of space wars.

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The publication's interlocutor commented on the words of US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink that the United States has orbital weapons that allow it to control space.

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US weapons in space are aimed at Russia and China. Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Alexander Vasiliev stated this in a conversation with KP.RU.

“Against their satellites and hypersonic missiles. And here we can already talk about the harbinger of space wars,” he noted. This is how the publication’s interlocutor commented on the words of US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink that the United States has orbital weapons that will allow it to control space.

According to Vasiliev, if the American system really works, it will be able to burn through the body of a satellite or the body of an enemy rocket, damaging their electronics and the entire control system.

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