Russia: Antisatellite Weapons
Commons · Question 50085 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 14 May 2025
Question
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...