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A mysterious Russian satellite displaying "very abnormal behaviour" has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official. "We don't know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it," said assistant secretary Yleem Poblete at a conference in Switzerland on 14 August.
She voiced fears that it was impossible to say if the object may be a weapon.
Russia has dismissed the comments as "unfounded, slanderous accusations based on suspicious" [sic].
The satellite in question was launched in October last year. "[The satellite's] behaviour on-orbit was inconsistent with anything seen before from on-orbit inspection or space situational awareness capabilities, including other Russian inspection satellite activities," Ms Poblete told the conference on disarmament in Switzerland.
"Russian intentions with respect to this satellite are unclear and are obviously a very troubling development," she added, citing recent comments made by the commander of Russia's Space Forces, who said adopting "new prototypes of weapons" was a key objective for the force. Ms Poblete said that the US had "serious concerns" that Russia was developing anti-satellite weapons.
[...] [Ms Stickings (Royal United Services Institute - RUSI) said] "The narrative coming from the US is, 'space was really peaceful, now look at what the Russians and Chinese are doing' - ignoring the fact that the US has developed its own capabilities."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @04:59PM (8 children)
Will the continuous 5 minute hates ever stop? I guess when Trump is no longer president.
It will stop when Russia stops fucking with our elections. Until the, fuck Russia and all who support them (Republicans, Tories, apologists on this site, Assange, etc. I'm looking at you. And in case it wasn't clear: fuck you and the horse you rode in on).
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @05:51PM (3 children)
It will never stop and has been going on for 80+ years. They interfered with obama, bushes 1&2, clinton, reagan, carter, nixon, etc. It wasn't as newsworthy back then. Just as the US interferes with everyone else's.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_espionage_in_the_United_States [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @08:34PM (2 children)
too bad that wikipedia can't contain articles on our espionage elsewhere.
if it would, it might crack your conception of how we're just like the news would present us.
at the least, do you not find it odd how we as a superpower keep playing the victim?
that's not a sign of health anywhere; the panik'd screaming rather points to war and/or a systemic collapse ahead. no?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 16 2018, @09:58PM
This is mostly recent. To the extent it is currently hyped. Before it was mainly fodder for movies and tv shows. Of course hyping it is also part of propaganda. To keep people fighting amongst themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlHSD6uo7Mk [youtube.com]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday August 17 2018, @03:55AM
Not given the high profile of the victimhood industry in the US over the past few decades. It's no surprise that the scope of its considerable abuse has been enlarged to traditional government propaganda. Plus, there's always been some advantage to portraying oneself as an underdog.
Probably no. It's just an exploitation of an existing psychological gimmick that's been around for a while.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Thursday August 16 2018, @11:20PM (2 children)
And when will AMERICA stop fucking in foreign elections?
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 17 2018, @03:06PM (1 child)
And when will AMERICA stop fucking in foreign elections?
When was the last time that actually happened? Before I was born?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 17 2018, @03:46PM
Were you born yesterday? If you were born before yesterday then yes, it happened after you were born. A source for you [nytimes.com] which has positive confirmation to 2009 in Afghanistan. We just know more about the ones in which information is now declassified.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 17 2018, @11:04AM
Perhaps you should have a critical look at agencies such as USAID, funded for 5.1 billion $. The russians kicked them out of their country for meddling in Russian politics to much. (e.g. funding political parties friendly to the US, which is considerably worse than whatever the US has accused Russia of in the last election)