The Kremlin Is Worried About U.S. And NATO Plans For The Militarization Of space

Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) First Deputy Head Alexander Ivanov, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and Federal Agency for Special Construction head Alexander Volosov watch a rocket booster carrying satellites blast off from a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. Mikhail Metzel | TASS

CNBC: Putin fears the US and NATO are militarizing space and Russia is right to worry, experts say

* It looks like NATO and Russia have a new domain to compete and conflict over: space.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was “seriously concerned” about NATO’s “attempts to militarize outer space” when he met with members of the Kremlin’s Security Council last month.

NATO, the U.S. and Russia have a new domain to compete and conflict over: space.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that the U.S. saw space as as “theater of military operations” and that the development of the U.S. Space Force posed a threat to Russia.

“The U.S. military-political leadership openly considers space as a military theater and plans to conduct operations there,” Putin said at a meeting with defense officials in Sochi, according to Russian news agency TASS.

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Update: Putin urges greater attention to strengthening orbital group of satellites (TASS)

WNU Editor: The U.S. has always been focused on space and its military capabilities, primarily developing sophisticated surveillance/spy and communications satellites. NATO's commitment is new. But the problem has always been the same. The U.S. and NATO may consider space as a military theatre where military operations can be conducted, and they have proposed and advanced many ideas and plans to do so, but they have yet to commit any "real" money to move forward.