Space Force on Notice as Russia Warns Commercial Satellites May Be a 'Legitimate Target'
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Commercial satellites have been used to take aerial images that show deployments, damage and destruction of Russia's faltering, unprovoked campaign against its neighbor.
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A Russian official warned that if the U.S. continues to support Ukraine in the ongoing battle, they "risk provoking a direct military confrontation between the biggest nuclear powers."
Russia risks a wider war if they attack a commercial satellite system operated from U.S. soil. It would be extremely difficult for Russia to only attack satellites
Commercial satellites have been used to take aerial images that show deployments, damage and destruction of Russia's faltering, unprovoked campaign against its neighbor.
A senior Russian official warned that U.S. commercial satellites could be targets for Russian retaliatory strikes if they became involved in the Ukraine war.
Russian foreign ministry spokesman Konstantin Vorontsov threatened that Russia could target western commercial satellites like Elon Musk's Starlinks for assisting Ukraine.
Russia said it could target U.S. commercial satellites if they are used to help Ukraine, expanding its threats of reprisals to a new theater that could hit closer to home for American interests....
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