While Washington has generated no shortage of noise about the space activities of Russia and China, the Pentagon has been hard at work preparing for the militarization of space, as exemplified by the formation of the US Space Force (USSF) as a sixth branch of the US Armed Forces. "Unfortunately in the case of the Russians, their increasing penchant for unsafe and what I would consider unacceptable behavior in space has not slowed down," USSF Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson said Tuesday during a forum hosted by the Air Force-connected Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies think tank. "I can't tell you what they're doing with their crews and their individuals, but based on their macro-level activities, their cadence has certainly not slowed down," Thompson said. Thompson's comments come just weeks after the US Space Command claimed Russia had tested a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) missile, which USSF Chief of Operations and SPACECOM Commander Gen. John Raymond called "further proof of Russia's hypocritical advocacy of outer space arms control proposals designed to restrict the capabilities of the United States while clearly having no intention of halting their counterspace weapons programs." The test, according to The Diplomat, involved the PL-19/Nudol system ,… Read full this story
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