The White House confirmed that the “serious threat” What the United States faces is Russia’s development of a weapon against satellites in space.

John Kirby, one of the White House spokespersons, offered this Thursday more details about the “serious threat” that the United States faces and which he alluded to yesterday, Wednesday, in a enigmatic statement the chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives, Mike Turner.

“I can confirm that this is an anti-satellite technology that Russia is developing,” said Kirby, who declined to clarify whether it is a type of weaponry that includes nuclear capacitysomething that American media had previously reported.

Kirby considered that the development of this type of weaponry is “worrying“, but “there is no immediate threat to anyone’s safety.”

“We are not talking about a weapon that can be used to attack human beings or to cause destruction physics here on Earth. That said, we have been closely monitoring this Russian activity and we will continue to take this very seriously,” the spokesperson said.

Kirby indicated that this type of weaponry “it’s not active“Currently it has not even been deployed in space.

However, he noted that Russia has been working on the development of this type of weaponry for “many months, and maybe even some years“, although it was not until a few weeks ago that the US intelligence community was able to conclude with greater confidence that Moscow continues to pursue this objective.

According to Kirby, Biden has closely monitored this entire threat and has ordered that both America’s allies in the world there is contact with Russia to address this problem, although it has not yet been possible to establish a direct line of communication with the Kremlin.

Likewise, Biden has askedThe National Security Advisor of the White House, Jake Sullivan, his main foreign affairs adviser, to meet this afternoon with Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to talk with them about the latest intelligence information on the matter.

Additionally, the White House will brief the Senate when it reconvenes on Feb. 25, Kirby said. Yesterday, Wednesday, Turner issued an enigmatic statement that caused big stir in Washington: announced that the United States faced a “serious threat,” but did not specify its nature, and asked Biden to declassify intelligence information about the threat so that the public could access it.

Shortly after Tuner’s announcement, the White House declined to offer more information; but the ABC television network, citing two sources familiar with the situation, indicated that this threat was related to Moscow’s intention to put nuclear weapons in space with the intention of attacking satellites.

Satellites in space have become an important element of the war in Ukraine, as Ukrainian forces have been using the Starlink constellation of SpaceX for their communications and plan how to act on the battlefield.