Russia and China pose a “potential threat” to the US in space, RT writes, citing a report by the US Congressional Research Service
“Adversaries such as China and Russia have explored concepts of warfare and focused on space systems as a particular vulnerability for the US”, – the paper’s authors believe.
Among the developments, they named “non-kinetic means of action”: lasers, microwave weapons and some other types of weapons.
The experts recommended developing retaliatory measures to protect American satellites and ships, as well as paying attention to updating international treaties regulating activities in outer space.
The Russian authorities have repeatedly stated the need to expand international cooperation in space and develop peaceful technologies for its exploration.