"But the Russian military called the U.S. response “hypocritical,” saying in a statement translated by NBC that “the United States knows for certain that the re

"But the Russian military called the U.S. response “hypocritical,” saying in a statement translated by NBC that “the United States knows for certain that the resulting fragments” from the ASAT test “did not and will not pose a threat to orbital stations, spacecraft and space activities.”" "Both the U.S. and Russia, as well as India and China, have previously destroyed their own satellites in ASAT tests. The U.S. most recently conducted an ASAT test in 2008, while Russia on Tuesday called out the Air Force’s testing of the X-37 spacecraft as showing the Pentagon “is actively developing” space weapons." [0] I wonder how much of this is American politics playing the Russia card again. That is, maybe Russia's claim above is false, but tu quoque. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/russia-us-hypocritical-for-condemning-anti-satellite-asat-weapon-test.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/russia-us-hypocritical-for-c...