Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu commented on the tests of the new antihospittle system. He noted that the ammunition successfully struck the old satellite. Reports about it TASS.
“We really experienced a successful promising system. She jewelry struck the old satellite. No threat to space activities formed fragments do not represent,” the head of the defense department reported during the working visit to the troops of the Western Military District.
Earlier in the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported testing of anticipate weapons. The rocket struck the underlying spacecraft “Tselin-D”. The department stressed that the resulting fragments were listed in the chief catalog of the system of control of the outer space. Fragments will keep track of their disappearance.
On Tuesday, the US Armed Forces Space team announced the destruction of the satellite during the tests of November 15. The report noted that Russia destroyed the Soviet satellite.
On Monday, the US State Department accused Russia in conducting tests that threaten the security of astronauts on the ISS. The representative of the department noted that the destruction of the satellite rocket led to the formation of satellite debris.