America accuses Russia of testing an anti-satellite complex and creating a potential threat to the ISS

The confrontation in the space sphere between the USSR and the United States lasted decades, and already in modern history Russia has become the main rival in space for the Americans.

Therefore, it is not surprising that any action in outer space that could threaten the hegemony of the Americans is received with hostility and provokes a wave of sometimes unfounded criticism.

Successful tests of anti-satellite weapons and their results

This happened this time after Russian specialists successfully tested anti-satellite weapons and was shot down. the old USSR satellite Kosmos-1408, the Americans accused the Russian side of creating a dangerous situation.

As a result, the ISS crew, according to previously developed algorithms, had to temporarily move from the station itself to the Crew Dragon and Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft.

This happened on 11/15/2021, while the Mission Control Center in Houston ordered that some of the ISS hatches remain closed and 11/16/2021, despite the fact that that the orbit of the International Space Station is in the so-called "green zone", which means that there are no threats to the safety of equipment and crew no.

In turn, representatives of Roskosmos said that the ISS crew is performing all its tasks in the normal mode, and the object's orbit, according to because of this, the crew really moved to spacecraft, has long since moved away from the ISS, and everything is in the regular mode.

As usual, the US State Department reacted rather sharply to this event and accused Russia of acting is irresponsible and calls into question his desire to use outer space for exclusively peaceful purposes for a long time time.

Such a statement by the US representatives is at least surprising. After all, they also tested similar systems (in addition to the United States, anti-satellite tests were carried out by China and India), and, from their point of view, the tests of the American system were "safe".

And as soon as the same and, most importantly, successful tests were carried out in Russia, everything suddenly became "dangerous and not ethical." Well, no one has yet canceled our double standards.

Well, what do you personally think, were the tests of the Russian anti-satellite system safe and ethical, or were they just political games? Write about it in the comments.

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