Kremlin blasts US move to militarize space

… /></picture><!-- noscript pattern --><noscript><img src="https://mf.b37mrtl.ru/files/2026.09/xxs/6aa93499203027415d7740a2.jpg" class="media__item " alt="Kremlin blasts US move to militarize space" /></noscript></div><div class="media__footer media__footer_bottom "><div class="media__title media__title_arcticle"><span data-role="copyright-symbol">©&nbsp;</span><span data-role="source">Sputnik / </span><span data-role="copyright"> Natalia Seliverstova </span></div></div></div><div class="article__text text "><p>Weapons should not be deployed in space, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, responding to the Pentagon&rsquo;s announcement that the US has placed a weapons system in orbit.</p><p>US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink disclosed the deployment on Monday, saying the US Space Force <em>&ldquo;now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,&rdquo;</em> without providing details about the system. Media reports have suggested that it is intended to disable or destroy hostile satellites.</p><p><em>&ldquo;We believe that space should be free from any weapons. And certainly we count on broad international consolidation&hellip; to continue efforts for the full demilitarization of space,&rdquo;</em> Peskov told journalists on Tuesday during a regular briefing.</p><p>The Pentagon has a long history of using orbital systems for military purposes, specifically intelligence gathering, navigation and communications. Some US military concepts, however, have also envisioned systems potentially capable of conducting strikes from space. During the Cold War, for example, the Soviet Union viewed the Space Shuttle as a potential platform for delivering a rapid nuclear strike.</p><div class="read-more large" data-has-alias> …