Sullivan says he’s ‘surprised’ Rep. Turner came out with statement regarding ‘a serious national security threat’
While Moscow isn’t thought to have a deployed capability yet, the US believes the Kremlin is dabbling with weaponry that experts say could fundamentally cripple the military and the American way of life.
But Kirby was tight-lipped about some key details of the weapon such as whether it was nuclear and underscored that it’s not a device that can be “used to attack human beings or cause physical destruction here on Earth.”“Space and its capabilities enable our daily lives,” Kari Bingen, director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told The Post.
In theory, a nuclear reactor device could be used to power a weapon in space such as a communication jammer or a radiation device to fry the circuits and disable rival satellites. Harrison argued that earth-based intercontinental ballistic missile systems are far more practical for harnessing nukes than space.
“They started testing anti-satellite weapons back in the early 1960s. And quite frankly, Russia has been one of the most advanced nations in terms of anti-satellite technology,” Harrison said.Pentagon officials have long studied and assessed the potential threats of satellite killers and have already begun laying the groundwork for a more secure system.
“What makes the satellite constellation as a whole, much less vulnerable instead of taking out one satellite, there’s a whole bunch. And they can then be more easily replaced if something is lost,” she said. “It is obvious that the White House is trying, by hook or by crook, to encourage Congress to vote on a bill to allocate money, this is obvious,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.angrily denied allegationsAlso concerning is the mindset that led Russia to allegedly pursue such a weapon. Tensions between Washington and Moscow have plunged to all-time lows due to the war raging in Ukraine.
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