Russia Adopts Anti-Satellite Missile Test That Creates Confusion in the Middle East

MOSCOW — The Russian military acknowledged Tuesday that it conducted an anti-satellite weapons test that destroyed a target in orbit, sending a vast cloud of debris surrounding Earth and forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to seek shelter. The announcement comes after a day of silence about sophisticated weapons testing in Moscow amid already …

Russian Anti-Satellite Weapons Test Wreck Forces Astronauts to Bunker

Russia tested an anti-satellite missile on Monday, destroying one of its own satellites in orbit. The test created a vast cloud of debris that continued to orbit the Earth, and some of the material dangerously approached the International Space Station, forcing the astronauts to take shelter for hours in a pair of spacecraft that could …