Posted on 02/14/2024 1:45:21 PM PST by algore
The U.S. believes Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon in space, according to reports sparked by a top Republican warning about a 'serious national security threat'.
House Intel Chair Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said members of Congress had been made aware of the threat which is reported to be related to Russia and its threat from space - but wouldn't go into details.
It later emerged that it was related to Moscow's plan to put a nuclear weapon into space to target and destroy satellites the world depends on, ABC News reported.
Turner asked the president to declassify the information so lawmakers could discuss the ramifications in the ominous warning that sparked a response from the White House and furious speculation.
Moscow has already shown how it can be lethal from space by testing a hit-to-kill anti-satellite missile in 2021.
Russia smashed a defunct spy satellite launched in 1982 into 1,500 pieces of debris in the strike and sparked fury around the world.
Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., was one of the first lawmakers to view the documents in the SCIF on Wednesday afternoon.
He told reporters that the threat is 'not an immediate crisis but certainly something we have to be very serious about.'
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Wednesday he was 'surprised' Turner came publicly about the threat related to a 'destabilizing foreign military capability.'
'That's been on the books. So I am a bit surprised that Congressman Turner came out publicly today in advance of a meeting on the books for me to go sit with him alongside our intelligence and defense professionals tomorrow,
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The price of Poker just went up...
For pete sakes...this is NOT NEW.
That settles it, we need hundreds of billions more for Ukraine.
Well sur-prise. Now they want to cut that check to Ukraine.
Seriously, i figured anyone attacking our communications systems would simply deploy a low altitude EMP.
I thought the threat was the tens or hundreds of thousands of military aged men from around the globe settling in our country awaiting orders.
Not good at all, but God only knows the the US has up there.
What a pant load of hysteria.
We dont have nuclear weapons up there. And it would not be in our interest to do so.
I can't keep track of the multiple deadly national security threats anymore
I thought this tech was out there in the 1980s—a variation of the Star Wars technology.
One of the explicit goals was to shoot down enemy missiles while they in “outer space”.
For EMPs to be effective, it would be a high altitude detonation. A low level detonation is simply a nuclear attack.
To my knowledge an EMP bomb is a nuclear bomb.
Space Cowboys
That’s a relief. I thought they were going to mount lasers on the heads of sharks.
Sounds like the Missiles In Cuba MO...
Why would you want to use nukes?
You'd risk destroying things you didn't want to.
Much better to use little drone like devices to accurately target satellites.
Oh, and also - Putin is buying FACEBOOK ADS to swing the 2024 election!
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