April 5, 2024

The Biden administration is in talks with Russia and allied nations to try and prevent Moscow from positioning an anti-satellite nuclear weapon in space, a senior Pentagon space official said Friday.

American officials are using the United Nations and countries such as China and India to persuade Moscow to back down from its plans to test launch its space weapon. Those conversations have accelerated in recent weeks following the public disclosure of Russia’s space developments.

Talks ongoing: As of February, officials said that though they had reached out to Moscow to negotiate, they had not held substantial conversations with Russia about its intentions.

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