Republican warning of 'national security threat' is about Russia wanting nuke in space: Sources
abc7news.com
Two sources familiar with deliberations on Capitol Hill said the intelligence has to do with the Russians wanting to put a nuclear weapon into space.
  • ralphio@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Is there a reason they can’t use a conventional warhead to destroy a satellite? Even if they wanted to use it to attack a surface there isn’t a lot of evidence that a normal ICBM can be reliably intercepted so I doubt them being in space will change much.

    Edit: *surface target