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Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Pat Ryder disclosed this information on Tuesday, stating that the satellite, launched into low Earth orbit, is believed to be a counter-space weapon
The claim around the Russian weapon was made at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council
The launch and putting into orbit took place on May 16.
The Kremlin accused Washington of disinformation Wednesday, while it conducted exercises to simulate the use of tactical nuclear weapons in a likely warning to the West over Ukraine.
The Kremlin has flatly denied assertions by US officials that Moscow is developing a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon.