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| Ryabkov: There should be no strike weapons in space |
| 2024-04-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] There should be no strike weapons in space. Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov told reporters about this. The Russian diplomat noted that the Russian Federation and the United States are in contact on the issue of non-placement of nuclear weapons in space. He also added that the United States is trying to denigrate Russia and is making up lies about allegedly placing weapons in space. “Our delegations at the relevant international platforms, and primarily in New York, where Washington, the US administration, is promoting the topic of accusations against Russia, are indeed in contact and discussing this issue. On our part, comprehensive comments were given at all levels,” Ryabkov told reporters. According to the Deputy Foreign Minister, Russia does not see the need to use a deconflict channel with the United States on the issue of space. As Regnum reported, on February 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the announcement of his message to the Federal Assembly, said that statements made in the West about Russia’s alleged deployment of nuclear weapons in space are a hoax with the aim of involving Moscow in negotiations on Ukraine on its own terms. Earlier, Putin recalled that Russia has always been a country that opposed the militarization of space, and especially the placement of nuclear weapons in it. He emphasized that the Russian side is not doing anything in space that other countries have not done. In February, Bloomberg wrote that the United States is confident that Russia can allegedly deploy nuclear weapons in space this year. It was noted that Washington warned its allies in this regard. Later, US President Joe Biden said that Moscow was allegedly creating anti-satellite space weapons that do not pose a direct threat to human life. Related from regnum.ru Ryabkov: Because of the United States, Russia may abandon the moratorium on the deployment of the INF Treaty Moscow will respond by refusing a moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) if Washington deploys such systems in any region of the world, including the Asia-Pacific and European directions, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov said on April 11. According to him, if the US plans to deploy the corresponding missiles are implemented, one of the elements of counteraction to Russia will be a revision of the approach to the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of such systems announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “As was recently discussed during the visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to Beijing, we must respond to double containment with double counteraction,” Ryabkov told reporters. To a clarifying question whether the appearance of similar US missiles on their territory on the island of Guam would be a reason for Russia to revise its unilateral moratorium on the deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles, Ryabkov answered in the affirmative. “Absolutely, of course. We have always posed the question in terms of the emergence of such systems in any region. If American military planners decide that Guam is more convenient for them, accordingly, this will be urgently and absolutely understandably assessed, analyzed, and conclusions will be drawn from this in Moscow, and in Beijing, and in other capitals. There is no difference here,” the diplomat explained. The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Washington’s intention to deploy INF is irreversible. “We would like to avoid further building up the potential that the United States has persistently created in recent years precisely in the area that was previously regulated by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Ban Treaty,” he said. As Regnum reported, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty has been in force between the United States and Russia since 1987. Washington accused Moscow of violating the document because of the 9M729 missiles, which, according to the American leadership, should be destroyed. In August, the United States of America terminated the INF Treaty, then refused to ratify the agreement on the adaptation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and also withdrew from the Open Skies Treaty. On September 27, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the United States began working on actions to transfer missile systems to European countries that were previously prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. According to her, the US Navy demonstratively moved to use the MK-70 launcher complex as part of maneuvers that were carried out in the EU countries with the participation of Washington’s NATO allies. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Moon catapults. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-04-12 17:09 |
| #2 How about dropping medium-sized asteroids on your opponent's cites from space? No nukes required, same effect. |
| Posted by: jpal 2024-04-12 17:07 |
| #1 Usually when a nation, a group, or business is calling for a STOP or doing a Soap Box Speech about NOT doing something. It because they are technically behind in doing it themselves. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-04-12 16:58 |