A Department of Defense official says Russia's space weapon would involve using a nuclear weapon to knock out satellites across Earth's orbit.

Pentagon’s space-policy leader noted with concern Moscow’s recent veto of a UN resolution against putting nuclear weapons in space.

SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit Tuesday evening from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

A senior Pentagon official told lawmakers Wednesday that Russia is developing an “indiscriminate” anti-satellite nuclear device that would pose a threat to all satellites operated by countries and companies around the world.

Russia is looking to develop a new satellite that could carry a nuclear device and pose a threat to all other satellites, a senior Pentagon official told lawmakers on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb confirmed Russia’s intended military development to lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic

Plumb described the weapon as an “indiscriminate” anti-satellite device that, if detonated in space, could damage or destroy unshielded satellites in low-Earth orbit, a densely populated region critical for numerous services.

The United States is concerned about Moscow's veto of the UN resolution against the launch of nuclear weapons into space, according to Defense One. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy John Plumb noted with concern Moscow's recent veto of a UN resolution against the launch of nuclear weapons into space.