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Is Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global stability and ignite an anti-satellite arms race

  • Written by Spenser A. Warren, Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and International Security, University of California, San Diego

Fresh U.S. intelligence circulating in Congress reportedly indicates that Russia is developing an anti-satellite weapon in space with a nuclear component.

News reports speculating about what the weapon could be abounded after Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, released a cryptic but alarming statement on Feb. 14,...

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