NATO is worried that Russia could soon deploy nuclear weapons in the universe, according to the report published today in the German newspapers Welt Am Sonntag.
NATO’s Chief Secretary Mark Rutte said that the NATO is aware that Russia is considering setting nuclear weapons into space.
The current abilities of Moscow in the universe called outdated and incomparable with the abilities of the West.
Therefore, Rutte would say, the development of nuclear weapons in space Russia could have enabled to improve its abilities, which he said he was a big source of concern.
The so-called anti-attitile weapon is not directed towards the country but towards satellites, but their destruction could cause chaos on the planet because the functioning of many systems depends on them.
Rutte warned of a potential violation of the 1967 universe agreement, which undertakes the signatory country to the peaceful use of the universe. The contract ratified most countries, including Russia and the United States.
NATO’s Chief Secretary said that in recent years in space has become significantly more intense and that the environment there was never so crowded, dangerous and unpredictable.
This is not only true for the commercial area, but also affects the defense, and therefore security at all, Rutte added.
According to the newspaper report, NATO is 2021. decided that the Clause on Mutual Defense under Article 5 also refers to the attacks from the universe and in the universe.
Article 5 says the armed attack on one or more NATO members is considered an attack on everything.
The mutual defense clause is activated only once the alliance was supported by the United States after terrorist attacks 11. September 2001.
(Vijesti.ba/hina)
