After saying that Russia was witnessed "launching a projectile with the characteristics of a weapon." the Air Vice Marshall said "Actions like this threaten the

After saying that Russia was witnessed "launching a projectile with the characteristics of a weapon." the Air Vice Marshall said "Actions like this threaten the peaceful use of space and risk causing debris that could pose a threat to satellites and the space systems on which the world depends." My understanding of these words are that it wasn't that Russia having weapons in space per se threatens the peaceful use of space but how they tested their weapons in this case. This is because it risked causing debris and a lot of damage. I don't see the basis for calling out the US for hypocrisy based on this article. I'm unaware of any anti-satellite projectile weapons being tested by the US like this over the past 12 years, I suppose you could call the US a hypocrite for previous tests but that's a bit of a stale accusation given how much more peaceful space activity there has been since then. Edit: for clarity.