Reports say Russia in development of space-based nuclear weapons | DW News

US media are reporting that Washington has warned its European allies about Russian efforts to develop nuclear weapons based in space to target satellites. The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Turner has called it a serious national security threat and asked President Biden to declassify any related information. Moscow says the reports are a ruse by the White House to get congressional backing for Ukraine aid.

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[nchibesakunda]

Is this the country that is using microchips from Microwaves? Unbelievable

[istenenergia]

Those Russian refrigerator chips in space are evil.

[NealWilliams]

Russia is working overtime to make sure that the next Bond villain is Russian.

[StefanMilosevic-mv]

How is this possible DW and BBC? You told us they scavenge for parts ... washing machines, refrigerators etc..

[olafsigursons]

Word on the street says it is recycled tanks turrets that got launched into space.

[tlp]

No need to worry it's just shovels in space. What's the worst that could happen??

[a.m.]

Russia has the right to defend itself, from space if necessary.

[melweconsultancy]

USA has this program in space for ages so why the fuss on Russia doing the same. Russia has been demanding cooperation with USA on peaceful use of space but USA has been refusing. Russia has the right to self defense..

[informativefacts]

I have one word for the world that is when USA say something, just don't believe those thing 😂

[denmarwanga]

Nuclear weapons in space!!! This is beyond madness.

[AaronOkeanos]

Russia is close enough to Europe to use convential means. I think anything from space is meant for others to reduce response-times.

[victorsamuel]

It's good that Russia is developing and the world needs a multi polar power centres not the European hyprocicy way of thinking about other countries and it's rule based laws which suits them

[orchid]

This just means more funding for more Russia Super Yachts

[wuestenfuchs]

Should have implemented the Minsk Agreements when we had the chance.

[patclark]

The reasons the Americans have such a powerful military is they chose security over nationalised healthcare, free education and long holidays.

[zabikhilloazimov]

We’re making the world much more dangerous by trying to make it “safe”.

[aeugbeshe]

Russia can, at any time, develop what she wants. If US and NATO are not comfortable with that they should go develop theirs. Ride on Putin!!!

[Joshuaeway]

It is A Electromagnetic weapon, not a nuclear weapon. Big difference.

[SaharaPowerLove]

Who will stop Putin? Definitely the World Hero No. 1 of All Times. ✌✌✌

[twestgard]

NGL, it’s pretty entertaining to watch the Europeans scramble with the sudden accountability for all the free militarization they have been free riding with for the past 79 years. The US is wildly overmilitarized and our country has abused that quite a bit. The European complicity in that is that they took the benefits and mostly stood aside and let it happen.

But now they have a genuine local war and the US has turned the Crazytown up to 11. And the responsibility the Europeans have freely dumped into North America suddenly isn’t going away anymore.