Pentagon claims Russia has launched counter space weapon

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58% : Major General Pat Ryder confirmed the news at a press conference Tuesday, after US Ambassador Robert Wood made the initial allegation to the UN on Monday.
55% : US Ambassador Robert Wood made the initial allegation to the UN on MondayRussia already has several space-based military assets.
55% : Last month, NASA warned that China could be using its civilian space program as a cover for military operations and their plans to create a landing base on the lunar surface could pose a threat to national security.
46% : And so assessments further indicate characteristics resembling previously deployed counter space payloads from 2019 and 2022.'It came after Wood made the statement to the UN on Monday, coming as the United States and Russia have drafted rival resolutions in an attempt to outlaw weapons in space.
34% : Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned the actions even as they failed to pass a measure against it.

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