Pentagon says Russia has launched a space weapon in the path of US satellite

A Russian Angara-A5 rocket blasting off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region.

Russia has launched a likely space weapon and deployed it in the same orbit as a US government satellite, the Pentagon said."Russia launched a satellite into low Earth orbit that we assess is likely a counter-space weapon presumably capable of attacking other satellites in low Earth orbit," Pentagon spokesman Air Force Major General Pat Ryder...