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US has new intelligence on Russian nuclear capabilities in space

www.cnn.com US has new intelligence on Russian nuclear capabilities in space | CNN Politics

The US has new intelligence on Russian military capabilities related to its efforts to deploy a nuclear anti-satellite system in space, according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence.

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Hmm... Maybe we should be helping prevent ruzzia from doing that somehow. Maybe we should offer some financial assistance to a country that is actively seeking to limit ruzzia's ability to threaten others. That's starting to sound like a really good idea.
- How do you prevent someone who's already space-capable from sending satellites?
  
  By stressing their military industrial complex capabilities enough so they have to decide whether to build another tank or invest in a satellite.
- Damn, it was the one place that hadn’t been corrupted by capitalism.
From the same country that can't make a round ball bearing.
- We need to teach them about this new technology called a "shot tower".
  
  That is probably what they are using now. 😂
The Republicans are going to be so confused ...
Russia can’t even keep its ships afloat
- To be fair, they seem to keep them afloat okay as long as there aren't any Ukrainians around.
  
  Sneezes in K-141 Kursk
according to multiple sources familiar with the intelligence.

Sounds like multiple sources are violating the laws about classified information. Is the urge to gossip with your reporter "friend" really that overpowering?
- If the reports are valid then this may be worth the exposure.
  
  Why? This isn't revealing anything individual people need to react to and isn't showing mismanagement or corruption within government that needs to be fixed. What are you going to do in your life knowing this?
Did someone watch Space Cowboys and get confused?
- More like Putin has been in full wunderwaffen mode lately. Hypersonic missile! Tsunami torpedo! Space nukes!
Oh noez, it’s Reagan’s Star Wars system for real!
Gravity tanks
Why would you bother with a nuke? Satellites are easy pickings if you can actually hit them.
- The nukes in space aren't intended for space targets, they are intended for earth targets.
  
  The article clearly says the intelligence is that it is not for attacks on humans
- Probably to EMP pulse a few satellites that werent built rad hard.
  
  Gotta be cheaper ways to generate an emp than nukes.
- Agreed. Something’s not adding up.
  
  What is confusing? A nuclear weapon satellite doesn't even have to get remotely close to the hostile sat. Which means it has to be given a lot of area to be in.
  
  Ok so you are running a satellite that Russia hates. You know that they are violating the no nukes in space rule. You need to keep your sat far far away from any Russian one. It moves a little closer to you? You have to waste fuel putting some distance. Which decreasing the lifespan of your satellite since it now has less fuel. This is why nukes in space are a very very bad idea. It translates to less satellites up there with shorter lifespans. And since everything can be considered a viable target in war everything has to act like it is.
  
  To make it worse other governments will honor the treaty and won't put nukes up there. Which grants Russia control over more orbits since they can break the rules.
- You don't need to be close.
  
  Space is big though, you need to be comparatively close to the point that the diff in distance you need between a nuke and an emp device is negligible

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