The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Johnson, assured that the Biden administration has a plan to counter the Russian threat.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson said Congress has been aware of Russia’s threat to develop anti-satellite weapons for weeks, following a classified briefing with President Joe Biden’s senior national security advisers. The Hill reported it.
Johnson said he first learned of the Russian threat in January.
“This is an issue where we know the information for a few weeks now. We requested a meeting with the president. I did it in writing, it was done in January,” he noted.
As you know, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and a Pentagon representative held a briefing at the Capitol on Thursday night.
Johnson assured that the Biden administration has a plan to counter the Russian threat.
“The United States cannot rely on other countries to solve issues like this. We must do it ourselves, and we will,” said the Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
We remind you that the US presidential administration has confirmed the information that Russia is developing anti-satellite weapons. White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said the weapons did not pose an immediate threat.
Analysts say the space-based weapon that Russia may be developing is more likely to be a nuclear device to blind, jam or burn out the electronics inside satellites, rather than an explosive nuclear warhead to destroy them. .
Source: korrespondent
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