US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby at a press briefing at the White House
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the White House is monitoring Russia's anti-satellite weapons, calling it a concern but not an immediate threat, according to The Guardian on February 16.
Mr. Kirby did not directly confirm or deny reports that Russia's new weapons were nuclear, but said they were space weapons and violated the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
The treaty includes a provision prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction in space.
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That was the information Mr. Kirby provided to the press at a press conference on February 15 at the White House after Chairman of the US House Intelligence Committee Mike Turner on February 14 suddenly publicly mentioned Russia's development of anti-satellite weapons.
Then, on the afternoon of February 15 (Washington time), US national security advisor Jake Sullivan met with US Congressional leaders to discuss the threat from Russia's new line of weapons.
At the end of the meeting, US House Speaker Mike Johnson said that since January he had received information that Russia was developing anti-satellite capabilities.
"We have requested a meeting with the president on this issue," Johnson said, adding that the US needed to respond immediately.
In response to warnings from the Washington administration, the Kremlin said this was a "malicious fabrication" and a trick the White House was using to force US lawmakers to approve additional funding for anti-Russia purposes.
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