Wrong. An attack on US territory would bring about MAD result, end of civilization. The only way we were able to use atomic weapons in WWII was because Japan didn’t have a bomb.
Space warfare is just emerging. No rules yet. The US relies on space for it superiority in warfare and that’s also a vulnerability. If GPS went away, who suffers most? The US and western world. Same with many other C4I capabilities.
Enemies are going to exploit this vulnerability. And the results will affect military and commercial systems alike. The radiation effects alone will take out most commercial system in hours or days. Space becomes a useless wasteland of Kessler breakups. Now if an enemy does explode a nuke in space, would that trigger MAD? Likely not. War yes, but a nuclear exchange, doubtful.
Like I asked, think about the risk of putting more critical infrastructure in the most fragile place possible.
Nope.
Grok:
“Nuclear weapons tests (also called nuclear test explosions) conducted on Earth since the first one in 1945 is 2,056, according to the most widely cited and authoritative source: the Arms Control Association’s Nuclear Testing Tally (last confirmed in sources up through 2025–2026 with no new tests reported).
This figure excludes the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 (which were combat uses, not tests). It counts test explosions only, including both military weapon tests and a smaller number of “peaceful nuclear explosions” (mostly by the Soviet Union).”
Nuclear weapons exploded in space
A BIG FAT ZERO!