High above the equator, Russia is stalking satellites used by NATO armed forces

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“Russia and China already occupy important strategic hills and mountains in space.”

Russia's President Vladimir Putin tours an exhibition of military equipment while inspecting joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground on September 16, 2025.

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Germany’s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said Thursday that it’s time for his country to consider putting “offensive capabilities” in space after revealing Russian spacecraft are tracking two communications satellites used by the German military.

High above the equator, Russia is stalking satellites used by NATO armed forces

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