(CNN)The US and UK militaries on Thursday accused Russia of conducting a space-based anti-satellite weapons test earlier this month, saying that a Russian satellite released an object capable of targeting a satellite.
It's the first time the US has accused Moscow of testing such a weapon.
"U.S. Space Command has evidence that Russia conducted a non-destructive test of a space-based anti-satellite weapon," the command said in a statement, saying that on July 15, Russia "injected a new object into orbit from Cosmos 2543," a Russian satellite that has been in orbit since 2019.
The statement added that the new "object" was released in proximity to another Russian satellite, activity that the command said was "inconsistent with the system's stated mission as an inspector satellite."
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