Russian Nuclear Weapons in Space? Here’s What We Know. | WSJ

Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon into space, new intelligence suggests. Although details are slim, policy experts said that the technology could be used against satellites, raising questions about Russia’s intentions and the potential ramifications of an orbital detonation.
WSJ looks at the history of nuclear detonation in space with Starfish Prime and explores what we know about Moscow’s development.
Starfish Prime test footage courtesy of Atomcentral: • Trinity and Beyond - N...
Chapters:
0:00 The U.S.’s new intelligence
0:37 What we know so far
1:45 Starfish Prime
4:21 Russian capabilities in space
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[@seanbaskett5506]

Russia has had FOBS systems in play since the SS-18 went online. This is designed as an anti-sat/EMP weapon. What most don't realize is that any Teller-Ulam thermonuclear detonated as a high atmospheric airburst will have this effect. This is not new, nor is it terrifying. Literally been around since at least the early '80's.

[@toxicgracie3772]

Exactly, Cold War tech. This is fear mongering at it's finest

[@I_cant_sneed]

shhhhh people arnt suppose to know that

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

an emp is not a nuke.. thats just stpd silly

[@tweety9003]

Qatar customer service

[@SyntaxErr19287]

Operation Starfish prime

[@sp15_]

"Be very very afraid." - the news

[@TheOcean777]

It’s called fear mongering. It helps the military industry complex thrive.

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

Exactly and it helps line politician's pockets

[@redredwine1054]

So are you telling me Putin was fuelling the "military industry complex" when he was threatening to use nukes because of Ukraine?

[@r3dp1ll]

@@redredwine1054 he never said that. He said if they are directly attacked by NATO.

[@diamanteduul8084]

@@redredwine1054You know Putin never directly talks about nukes? The headlines you see are always his RESPONSES when he is asked to comment about US/EU politicians talking about nukes. At least that's how 'nuke' talks started 🙃 now the cats out of the bag

[@YaraMits]

​@@redredwine1054i can assure you, ruzzia had never used its nukes on civilian targets, unlike murica. See?

[@loganfignewton]

Isn't this the plot of Modern Warfare 2?

[@drwalka10]

lol It def was 😂

[@padhlekaamaayega]

The 2009 one?

[@AspieTrips]

yes the only good MW2, not this new stuff. @@padhlekaamaayega

[@rundown132]

It's all coming full circle

[@gregorio3139]

The real plot is that this is another (((urgent))) fundraiser for the MIC.

[@Dilexro]

man this just gives me throwback to the mw2 campaign

[@9kk99k9k]

It is. 😂

[@furkanyldz8460]

game has already begun, wake up neo

[@Ata5ll]

And then they blame the normal guy's fridge for the hole in the Ozon layer

[@aadityapratap007]

That simply means Pentagon wants to deploy nukes up on space. That's spooky.

[@larrymunn5279]

... I don't think that would solve this particular issue idk how much of this you watched or took in. The solution to too much radiation isn't to pour even more on lol.

[@Lt_Starburst]

WSJ commentator keeps calling it Starship Prime while the original footage clearly says Starfish Prime, AAAAHHHHH

[@sirdiealot53]

My brain 🫠

[@damaimakhlukhidup]

depending on the language culture. As we always say, if we do something America can disagree. But if America wants to do something, we have to agree. Otherwise it means we are not friends and America will invite friends to impose sanctions on us. This is the double standards of the dictatorial king's democratic ideology. So starfish for certain people might be starship.

[@Crangaso]

Chocolate Starfish Prime

[@philip2205]

@@wishunter9000 Notice how they called it "Starfish Prime" in the chapters... They made thiny slip ups in reporting before you know. I find it ironic how you care so much about this one screw up yet place no emphasis on the otherwise excellent video...

[@philip2205]

@@damaimakhlukhidup I'd much rather follow what America has to say than China. Besides, I find that connection a little farfetched...

[@finesupplements9698]

The US military budget is literally 20 times of Russia’s, yet Russia has Orbital Nukes and hypersonic missiles.

[@lajoswinkler]

"Nuclear weapons exploding in space" is NOT "orbital nukes".

[@wanderingquestions7501]

Well you have to consider the added expense of all those the USA bribes….. just to keep things in perspective. And the USA’s budget likely supports a number of other countries’ militaries.

[@sam8404]

Russia is so great, we should all move over there /s

[@rog2458]

And you don’t think we have the same or better? Come on dude.🤫

[@cryora]

Costs are also higher in the US.

[@RadagastilBruno666]

I feel confused, a few months ago the news came out that the Russians had run out of missiles there, even the infantry was fighting with shovels. Now I find them threatening open space. Isn't this magic?

[@russelljames5631]

Us propaganda designed to continue public support on both ends. On one hand we should spend more on military because they are almost finished but on the other hand we should spend more because they are such a threat.

[@RadagastilBruno666]

@@russelljames5631 In a few words, War Machine Industry...

[@enlighty]

Wait, wait , wait. I remember that MSM said that there are no rockets left in Russia and Ukraine says that they use microchips from washing machines for rockets and now I have to believe that Russia builds nuke weapons in space with the same chips from microwaves and washing machines that are being stolen from Ukraine? Am i getting it right?

[@DrFumiya]

⁠@@RadagastilBruno666In even more fewer words. Rich elites.

[@user-rh3gt3xs5o]

Russia is tired of Mark Zuckerberg 😂

[@wagbagsag]

StarFISH prime. Not starSHIP prime! C’mon WSJ, help me take you seriously

[@randyboisa6367]

I thought it was Geidi prime, or Optimus prime, or even Amazon prime.

[@cyotedude]

I choose not to take them seriously. WSJ as with all other media, are for-profit and will sell whatever brings in the revenue, or whatever capitulates with the current power. Recommend: listen to sources, but give credence only to fact-based believability. I always ask: What are your sources.

[@mapache-ehcapam]

To be fair Starfish sounds like the wrong name

[@morris9524]

Don't have to be agitated about it, your agitation is agitating my agitation

[@mikefarrar3403]

I’m American and I know that we have already put that up there long before Russia

[@MONTEZZ90]

U ppl think everything is from you and one can’t do anything before you guys. Joke .. even the Chinese are ahead of US

[@MuantanamoMobile]

Even the Boeing X-37 robotic space planes...have been carrying out such tests for years. And can be used to eliminate their satellites. If true...this would just be levelling the playing filed again, and is unlikely to work in the way fear-mongered s it makes zero sense. The nuke-powered battery EMP-Satellite however makes more sense.

[@threeMetreJim]

They've had an anti-satellite capability for years. You've never heard of the satellite that releases another and then that releases another that could be used as a kinetic impactor at short notice (cosmos 2519, 2521, cosmos 2542, 2543 + rocket powered projectile)? Apparently this 'newer' threat is nuclear powered, not a nuclear (explosive) weapon. Enough power to jam satellites over a large area, to prevent surveillance, not to physically destroy them.

[@davidgoodnow269]

Yeah, a lot of people seem to be missing that point . . . .

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Exactly

[@blackmagnetica8714]

you forgot Kosmos 2499, probably the most sophisticated out of all

[@jojolafrite90]

Huhuh. But that won't knock out all of society in one boom. Any nukes in space, yes.

[@threeMetreJim]

@@jojolafrite90 Jamming GPS from above could well knock out a lot. A fair amount depends on it these days (mostly for accurate timing).

[@Antisocial88]

Those nukes are already up there. And we have nukes in space too.

[@MinusMedley]

😂 Can see who this video was made for...

[@Charlie-gf4mv]

Im not here to defend Russia but having no cultural analysis in any of these news stories is mind numbing. Russia has been historically anti-nuclear in terms of space and seen it as a joint venture. At the height of the cold war there were countless joint space missions for gods sake. Many russians still see space as the ultimate frontier and the pride of their nation for their early achievements in space flight. A nuclear attack would be indiscriminate and damage russian assets equally. Damaging the last of their presence in orbit would be unthinkable for Russia, unless in an all out war of course.. .

[@JigilJigil]

Putin is crazy, 400000+ Russians soldiers are dead because of his invasion, he doesn't care about anything but himself.

[@Bradgilliswhammyman]

Treaty agreement to not militarize space...looks like Putin is breaking that.

[@DakilangAtsoy]

It will also damage their own satellite if they do that.

[@lordraydens]

they have reserves

[@Neo......]

it won't

[@DakilangAtsoy]

@@Neo...... 🤔 nuclear blast in space will fry all unprotected satellites as what was explained happened in 1960. There’s no barriers in space so the radiation or disturbance will travel fast and strong.

[@x-hale2899]

Are you guys actually hearing yourselves? You've gone mad.

[@sam8404]

​@@x-hale2899no see, Putin just says "no nukesies backsies" before he launches it and then it won't damage their stuff.

[@maxbounce5736]

So I guess, the Russian Strategic Shovels Program is more dangerous than the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture or PWSA, a program undertaken by the Space Development Agency

[@abdirhmanali6320]

I see what you did there 😂😂👊

[@milanradovanovic3693]

But those are NUCLEAR shovels, not just regular ones!

[@maxbounce5736]

@@milanradovanovic3693 Of course they are. Look, I’m no rocket scientist but isn’t it how shovels work?

[@milanradovanovic3693]

@@maxbounce5736 I am not sure that's why I am asking... Maybe they are planing to transport used shovels from Chernobil and target USA with those radiated shovels by throwing them from space. But then they would have to transport like millions of them from space, right 😂😂😂

[@rustycann6887]

starfish prime test was in 1962

[@kurdi98k]

Wouldn't that ignite a direct full-scale war with the United States of America? One has to think what tremendous capabilities the U.S. has today if they achieved Starfish Prime over 6 decades ago.

[@TerriAnnNiemeier-dy3no]

Let the Aliens handle space

[@olligesd9343]

I find it absolutely hilarious that these people are freaking out about it and making a big deal. You know we've probably had nukes in space for at least 5-8 years already.

[@randyboisa6367]

Thats false. The DOD and Space force do not have nuclear weapons in space.

[@NLjunkie]

​@@randyboisa6367why? cause they "told" you that? 🤦‍♂️

[@brandtbollers3183]

Brilliant Pebbles .Regan Regime.

[@randyboisa6367]

@@NLjunkie Yes my senile stumbling stuttering friend Joe Biden promised me there is no nukes in space, Karine Jean Pierre also affirmed it.

[@randyboisa6367]

@@NLjunkie Yes, my senile stuttering stumbling friend Joe told me, and Karine Jean Pierre affirmed it.

[@markbishop1138]

We are in the day and time where anything can happen.

[@jackashmore]

But nothing ever happens

[@lajoswinkler]

@@jackashmore Except it does.

[@randyboisa6367]

The only time anything ever happened was August 6th and 9th of 1945, since then the world has been one big boring politicly correct soap opera.

[@distorteduzi]

@@jackashmorethey said the same about ukraine look at it now

[@jackashmore]

@@distorteduzi and look how it’s stalled out, just now Russia is finally making progress. I highly doubt much will come from it.

[@haroldfeldt4987]

This has bin there for 50 years. The sky is falling the sky is falling send money fast to Ukraine.

[@jpl6596]

Theres no chance that we dont have them up there too.

[@Neo......]

we don't

[@thelonewrangler1008]

Exactly! This is definitely the military industrial complex getting one of their intelligence buddies to scare everyone into opening their wallets for "protection". We've been drawing up and bragging about theoretical space weapons for decades on top of having active programs like the X47b and SR72. The US, Russia, and China have all demonstrated they can shoot down satellites many years ago and how it would cause a domino effect taking out everyone's satellites. It's the part where they keep stressing its nuclear that gives it away as no real threat at all and just your everyday fear mongering

[@jpl6596]

@Neo...... oh, you think just because there's a "treaty" that would stop us?? You tapped there tons of rules/ agreements that the US don't follow. They'll just never tell you

[@5lanediver]

it is called “starfish prime” not “starship prime” - this is a very famous test/incident. and they literally said it just before you said it wrong.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Thought this was a thing in 1970s. Nuclear weapons in space wouldn’t really require Russia to develop any new weapon components. EMP would have a huge impact on society. Don’t know what the new intelligence is and not sure why it was brought upon a public forum.

[@barometricfunk]

And it would fry their satellites just as much as it would ours.

[@agapelove992]

Regan's Starwars

[@BCAT3089]

to scare the public!

[@Bluespicygreen]

Yeah this is not new, every nation with nuclear weapons can do this. Both the USSR and the United States detonated nukes in space, we don’t do this now because it would hurt everyone plus kill people in the Chinese space station and the international space station. In summery it’s just dumb to do in our modern era.

[@thomasbeachnaw9019]

That assumes that its even a nuclear weapons platform. Creating space debris is dangerous to all the world. The Chinese boasted of a laser to disable them, but a controlled EMP with a Faraday cage protecting its electronics if devised would be the most effective, non violent non damaging way to get what you want without crossing lines.

[@danmiller2177]

This is not new I've been knowing this for years...

[@by.myself42]

now we know why Zuck is building a bunker

[@goulddddable]

the Reptilians know

[@barryshaw5660]

The Wall Street Journal has become a source of amusement.

[@sheikhboyardee556]

Gosh, it's like the "October surprise" has come early this election.

[@jefferydraper4019]

Biden had a bad week and they needed help earlier than expected. Im betting the October surprise will be some way to halt the election...you know...to protect the democracy or something.🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@profX-27]

the U.S. tested nukes in space after WW2

[@Zegeebwah]

Yes, I watched the video. Did you?

[@profX-27]

not all the way through. my comment was more towards equivocating than an actual question.

[@mopthermopther]

Russia had a cow when Reagan said “ Star Wars “

[@mitchellbutler7068]

That’s all very interesting, but could you tell me why Putin is drinking heavily?

[@greggemerer8251]

Great, reading the Sun again for your news?

[@Freedom4all31]

As much money as the U.S. spends on defense (more than the 9 counties combined) we should have to worry about anything from anywhere. In all fairness to the military, half of it probably never leaves the DC area. Didn't we see this in Space Cowboys?

[@cryora]

I'm sure they leave the DC area, but they go back to that area because that's where all the defense companies that sell to the military and government are headquartered.

[@k333rl]

it's not that we spend more than any other country. it's that the other countries don't spend a dime on their own defense and rely on a 100 year old alliance to watch their backs.

[@Freedom4all31]

Nope- we spend more than the next 9 countries combined, including China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. @@k333rl

[@Freedom4all31]

Thats also where the crooked politicians get kick backs from their so called lobbyists.@@cryora

[@sinistereleven9145]

@@k333rl , we spend more than any other country and what 100-year alliance, are you a head in the sand democrat.

[@stevestovall9901]

Nuclear powered does not mean nuclear bomb

[@Kai-ic4mp]

So…. The us “defense” sector needs more money again…. Wow I’m surprised there is not a little bottle of cocaine in the presentation 😂

[@larynOneka8080]

If Russia shouldn't feel threatened by NATO expansion then the U.S. shouldn't feel threatened by Russia expanding into space.

[@appleintosh]

That's not how things work

[@MuantanamoMobile]

😂 two can play that came...what's good for the goose...

[@avazjon1]

Mr. Vladimir Putin said that Russia is against developing nukes in the space. Meanwhile, this video says the opposite. 💀

[@ADKaizenProductions]

They essentially made real life 007 GoldenEye emp based satellite weapon.

[@timedwards5600]

Like we don't

[@chocolat-kun8689]

When the US does this: Look at this, we made something that will keep the world align. When other countries does this: THIS IS DESTABLIZING, THIS IS TYRANNY!!!

[@AlJebra]

Did you ever pause to think of why that is? Russia, Iran, China, North Korea are totalitarian societies that invade and threaten neighboring countries, throw journalists in prison and 'disappear' opposition political candidates. The US... well, come to think of it, that's pretty much what the Democrats are doing.

[@appleintosh]

Both of those statements are true, and if you think it's hypocrisy then you have no understanding of western global hegemony.

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

As if the US doesn't have nukes in space....

[@motorcyclemichael2182]

Star Wars?!

[@maverick257]

Great idea❤

[@sithlordbilly4206]

Sounds like the U.S.A. wants excuses to put their own weapons into space! 😮

[@BBme]

If US claims this, means US already doing this!

[@sashanksingh6714]

This could be dangerous. Even an astray satellite can do a lot of damage.

[@RandomGuy-nm6bm]

Lol, love the subtle threatening sounding violins as Putin appears.

[@jannguerrero]

It's propaganda piece when they're trying to emotionally manipulate you

[@LUCKY1i1K7NG]

Starfish or starship prime, which one is it

[@caseykelso1]

Doesn't anybody remember Ronald Reagan or are you all too young to realize it he put up Star Wars program go look it up youngsters don't be so afraid this is the problem with youth of America they don't read and learn and know nothing about our history half of you people don't even remember 9/11😂😂😂

[@colinfitzgerald8221]

Since when did the plot from "GoldenEye" become a reality?! 🤷‍♂🤔

[@rogerparrett3242]

Funny how liberals laughed at Trump when he announced the creation of the Space Force. Now liberals are scrambling to blame him for (supposedly) Russian space nukes...😂😂😂

[@jefferydraper4019]

The sheep theyre talking to only hear what theyre allowed to hear.

[@charleswhatley5510]

Does anyone know how to use Google? Russia used a missile to destroy their satellite in 2021.

[@heinzletzte.6385]

pretty sure they censor these things soon

[@larrymunn5279]

I think I remember that.. I know there have been many attempts to bring down starlink systems via intrusion as shooting them down one at a time would be a waste of time, but seemingly none have been very successful with active management. They had more success bringing Canadian power grids offline. For whatever reason. Spite, I guess lol.

[@jojolafrite90]

Google has stopped working years and years ago. Corporate greed killed it.

[@AjeetMulkhusRaiOfficial]

Why US can do anything in or outside earth like nuking in space without everyone's consent and act like an angel 😳

[@rogersmith8480]

WSJ, what did the U.S. do to cause Russia to do this? Back in 1962, the U.S. placed nukes near Russia's border which started The Cuban missile crisis. When the U.S. removed the nukes, the Cuban missile crisis ended.

[@rogerbing5314]

Smoke and mirrors to take your eyes off what really is going on .

[@soloslim544]

I see it...

[@darkNovaskar]

What's really going on? Let's see if we're on the same page

[@TheCrazyMoparDude68]

@@darkNovaskarthis is fake intel to get more aid for Ukraine. Russia isn’t a threat to the US now, so they have to create a threat. Scare the people into believing that Russia is a real threat and they will approve of hundreds of billions of dollars for Ukraine. And it will also help Biden come election time.

[@oaka7616]

Faraday shield sales just went through the roof

[@sigmaparabellum8479]

The EMP weapon in the space is very old, I believe Rusia have a new way to generate electromagnetic pulses, we see in the evolved of Rusia electronic warfare.

[@jenspettersson4070]

"Well boys i reckon this is it"

[@CouncilO5]

Electro magnetic impulse can also hit the high flying bombers and fighters , so it would make harder to be unnoticed for planes

[@grooveman222]

Meanwhile two real wars are happening in real time back here on earth, with no end in sight.

[@jishan763]

We need Meek mill as kang the Conquerer for space detonation 😉

[@killosama72]

I remember this movie. Space Cowboys with Clint Eastwood, James Gardner and Tommy. Lee Jones.

[@Cier433]

I only see a cheap excuse to justify the US making such weapons.

[@monash4250]

The US already does have such weapons. That's the blatant ugly hypocrisy.

[@erock736]

“Russian nukes in outer space.” 😂😂 Man, the 21st century is just way too ridiculous to not laugh at it.

[@mikejezek5214]

The Fine Print: Politicians are looking to cash in on sweetheart deals with aerospace companies to create a countermeasure. Media promotes stories like this for public buy-in. (To bad that contract cash can't be put towards Jim and Jane American.)

[@mantonesei9097]

All of a sudden we have UFO's everywhere, Russian nukes in space, time to boost the military spending

[@akiyamayusuke]

When the US accuses Russia of doing something, it usually means: 1. It's probably a lie; 2. The US itself is doing the same or something worse.

[@Pnaraasi94]

Nah, it's the other way around. Whenever Russia accuses anyone of anything there's a near-100% chance they have done that very same thing themselves, are currently doing it, or are about to do it in the immediate future.

[@r3dp1ll]

What a freaking joke. Using nuclear bombs to destroy satellites ... Yeah of course.

[@prabhubharathan]

Hype: Russia detonates nuclear bombs in space Reality: Russia sent Pootin's farts to space

[@abdullahahmed2409]

WSJ Actual Meaning: US wants to deploy nuclear weapons in space but can't do it without saying it feels threatened and doing it for a just cause.

[@isiosi]

I know jump cuts are not nice to look at sometimes, but using morph cuts in a journalistic medium is unethical.

[@comrade9374]

All the treaty agreements no longer bidding 😂

[@trevorsutherland5263]

As usual, it takes some time for us to get the full picture. Russian MoD recently reported to Putin they identified about 50 military, and 250 commercial satellites that actively participate in the war against them. They didn't specify how, only that this is an issue we need to "resolve".

[@Insightsphere_]

I am getting "Saddam has WMD" vibe from this video

[@caravanstuff2827]

Me too..that space plane has been going up a lot lately!!.🤔

[@gwendolynmcgrath7697]

This was a “STAR WARS TREATY”

[@MuramatsuInosuke]

The old school narrator said "Starfish Prime"😂

[@mikerodix4800]

That's what it was called

[@MuramatsuInosuke]

@mikerodix4800 The new narrator is ruining the whole program then! I like Starfish Prime waaaaaaay better! Lol!

[@deborahtbowers4324]

Well my question is, when are we as a planet of humans,together, stop hating and waring and killing one another??? When will we move forward with positive energy and realize that we all benefit by working together and being ONE FAMILY, HUMAN!!! No war!, no killing, no more!! Imagine that! And our higher dimensional brothers and sisters can come and help us along our way, being a part of a PEACEFUL galactic FAMILY!!!! It's primarily old energy world leaders holding us back!!!! May Love and Peace be ours, ALL OF US, SOONER rather than LATER! The choice is ours!!!

[@daveb2280]

I would settle for an ounce of peace. The U.S. and the world is consumed with hate, greed, and power. Nearly all of our elected politicians are full board corrupt and don't even bother hiding it anymore. We are headed fast down that one way street called Rapture: Trials and Tribulations. That time can't come soon enough.

[@robertonavarro7713]

Humans will continue killing one another until the very last day of this earth. It all started when Cain killed his rother Abel. 😢

[@diamanteduul8084]

Maybe it's YOU who is still on the gross/primal plane with your perceptions... Do you call the tide evil when it engulfs the beach? Or the Sun a tyrant when it bares down you on a blistering day? What's the difference between a human taking a life compared to old age ending it? I don't fully subscribe to these ideas, but they are interesting nonetheless. I seek to try see things without bias.

[@k333rl]

we've had the F-15 for a long time.

[@toxicgracie3772]

And it's still the best fighter ever (undefeated)

[@samasiaskipperable]

One would think they would use lasers to destroy satellites not nukes.

[@ciscornBIG]

Ask yourself: if tucker carlson hadn't interviewed putin, would we be hearing about this?

[@jefferydraper4019]

The Biden admin and the establishment hacks got desperate.

[@OfficialSethro]

A nuke is a bit extreme for a satellite

[@roe85]

I guess MW2 (2009) is coming to light right in our faces. 🤔

[@emteiks]

It can be helpful to notice that the opposite of what Putin says is very often a true and useful communicate. So "we have always been categorically against and are now against the deployment of nuclear weapons in space" should read: "we are confident and invested to the deployment and use of nuclear weapons in space". It takes only a moment to learn. Another example could be "We do not have any intention to invade Ukraine, these are just exercises"... we all already know what he really meant.

[@ducpat]

And nothing about "OUR" secret space plane we sent up there first?

[@WHYsauce]

We got star wars irl before gta 6

[@DavidDemiseOfficial]

If only we put so much into things that create rather than destroy.

[@Teddy_Graham]

Those who has the higher station has the power.

[@mikerodix4800]

Nukes in space make no difference when you already have submarines that do the same thing better

[@1serious0mfr]

Right, like ICBM exists and they've existed for a while now

[@thelemon5069]

Submarines do not have the capability of knocking out satellite communications

[@nightwaves3203]

I was wondering where that guy on the side of the road with the sign saying THE WORLD ENDS TOMORROW went. Glad he made it to NYC and got a job.

[@chocolatepotato5469]

What if theyre working on a way to prevent their tech and satalites from being affected by emps?... if thats possible, this might be him beginning to test it. Imagine the advantage of using multiple emps while being the only one with electical infrastructure and quick communication........ they're not strong enough to beat the world, so why not kneecap it first to even the playing field.

[@davidmichaels4285]

Hasn't Golden Eyes satellites have been in orbit for 30 years or so

[@summerlove1944]

History repeats itself.

[@mxolisithusi9054]

One against many weapons? Interesting

[@genericname268]

US: Russian tech is obsolete Also US: Russia has space nukes!

[@prodigalpriest]

Bikini Bottom will never be the same again.

[@gegwen7440]

Now I wonder just what the US has been up to for decades up there ?

[@user-mm6vk9ow3r]

не нужно уничтожать население и территории, если можно уничтожить связь. Гуманно.

[@user-pq9ji7kt4l]

I assumed they had those years ago…..

[@adityaprasad9759]

Ohh, comon. Nukes, in space ?😮

[@snails6997]

Anyone have "Space Nukes" on the apocalypse bingo? I just got the "Rogue AI" last month with news about SORA.