The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, and the North Atlantic Council condemned on Friday 19 November Russia’s conduct of a kinetic anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test against one of its satellites on 15 November, causing extensive space debris (see EUROPE B12834A26).
This firing “constitutes a clear act of irresponsible behaviour in space”, Mr Borrell said on behalf of the EU, adding that this “threatening behaviour carries a high risk of...