Russia condemns Trump missile defence shield plan, accuses US of plotting to militarise space

It is not ruled out that in the current conditions of confrontation with the West, with its policy of inflicting strategic damage on Russia, we may face the need for moving away from restrictions on nuclear and missile arsenals in favor of their quantitative and qualitative increase,

Mashkov said, ... according to an English translation of his interview by the Russian state news agency Tass

To put it mildly, these U.S. approaches will not contribute to reducing tensions,

Zakharova said

We view this as yet another confirmation of the U.S. intent to turn space into an arena of armed confrontation and to deploy weapons there,

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a briefing

Maria Zakharovarussian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

It (the plan) directly envisages a significant strengthening of the American nuclear arsenal and means for conducting combat operations in space, including the development and deployment of space-based interception systems,

Zakharova told reporters at a news briefing in Moscow

The indicated US approaches will not contribute to reducing tensions or improving the situation in the strategic sphere, including creating a basis for a fruitful dialogue on strategic offensive arms,

she said