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The U.S. informed its NATO and Asian allies that Russia could deploy a nuclear weapon into space this year after details of American intelligence assessments of its ambitions circulated last week, according to The New York Times.

U.S. intelligence agencies also told allies Moscow could also send a harmless “dummy” warhead into space that would likely leave questions about Russia’s capabilities, the Times reported Wednesday.

American officials are reportedly divided in their predictions about Russia’s space ambitions. Officials pointed to Russia’s series of satellite launches in early 2022 and how American intelligence officials found out Russia was developing a new space-based weapon.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the U.S.’s Chinese and Indian counterparts on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference last weekend that a nuclear detonation in space would knock out American satellites, along with those of Beijing and New Delhi, the Times reported Saturday.

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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Do you want Kessler syndrome? Because weapons in space is how you get Kessler syndrome

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If Putin knew what Kessler syndrome is, he still wouldn't care.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

The destruction of the Kosmos 1408 satellite by a Russian ASAT missile on November 15, 2021, has created a large debris cloud, with 1500 pieces of debris being tracked and an estimated hundreds of thousands of pieces too small to track. Since the satellite was in a polar orbit, and its debris has spread out between the altitudes of 300 km and 1000 km, it could potentially collide with any LEO satellite, including the International Space Station and the Chinese Space Station (Tiangong).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome#Anti-satellite_missile_tests

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Jokes aside. If there's any truth to this, there's no other outcome, right? It's endgame for telco and society as we know it?