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Russia: Antisatellite Weapons

Commons · Question 50085 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 May 2025

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Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with (a) state and (b) private sector allies and partners to reduce the risk to the UK's (i) national and (ii) economic security of Russia’s developme

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 14 May 2025

The UK takes the potential development of nuclear anti-satellite weapons by Russia seriously. We have been working with international partners and allies to reaffirm the absolute prohibition of the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space, includ...