Anti-satellite weapon

Russia is developing a space-based anti-satellite weapon that is "troubling" for the United States but poses no immediate threat to people on Earth, the White House said Thursday.

The announcement came a day after a wave of speculation sparked by U.S. lawmakers making a cryptic warning of an unspecified but serious national security threat to the country.

North Korea warned Saturday it would "destroy" US spy satellites if Washington tries "any attack" on its space asset, after Pyongyang launched its first military eye in the sky last week.

A spokesman for the North's defence ministry said it would consider such a move a "declaration of war", according to a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

France plans to develop antisatellite laser weapons, but will only use it for self-defense, the defense minister said, outlining the country's new military space strategy.

Mission Shakti, India's Anti-Satellite Missile test conducted on 27 March, 2019

Russia lunched a new exoatmospheric anti-satellite missile last week. The missile is capable of destroying US strategic satellites.