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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

U.S., Russia to hold first space security talks since 2013

The United States and Russia next week will conduct their first formal, bilateral talks on space security since 2013, following a U.S. allegation that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon this month, a U.S. official said on Friday.

Washington hopes to promote norms of responsible behavior in outer space, the U.S. assistant secretary of State for international security and nonproliferation, Christopher Ford, said, calling for greater stability, predictability and crisis management tools.

A U.S. State Department spokesman said the talks would take place Monday in Vienna.

Ford told reporters the United States believed Russia and China have already turned space into “a war-fighting domain,” noting the U.S. Space Command has said it has evidence that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon on July 15.

“What they’re doing is signaling to the world that they’re able to destroy satellites in orbit with other satellites, it would appear. That is a very disturbing, provocative, dangerous and ill-advised thing for them to be doing,” Ford said.

“We hope that we can convey that message to them and work on a better way for countries to show appropriate restraint and responsible behavior in orbit, because this is the sort of thing that could get out of hand and go very badly rather quickly in the future,” Ford added.

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