Relevant:
The U.S.’s Plans to Modernize Nuclear Weapons Are Dangerous and Unnecessary
U.S. rushes to revive nuclear weapons industry as global tensions mount
A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks
U.S. to Develop Unanticipated New Nuclear Bomb
U.S. Withdraws From Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The U.S. Exit From the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Has Fueled a New Arms Race
Edit: for a dash of history, don’t forget
Just in time for a potential second Trump presidency. Let’s make sure we have a bunch of cutting edge nuclear shit ready for him to use, steal and/or sell if he takes office. Great!
This is concerning
If Russia is talking openly about it, I’m sure they’ve already done it.
Lately it means they tried, failed, but want people to think they’re still as capable as the Soviet Union. Which they aren’t. Haven’t been for decades. Much of Soviet engineering might came from Ukraine. It’s part of why Pootin so desperately wants to subjugate them again.
Haven’t they already put cannons in space? This seems like the next logical step.
Is there a reason they can’t use a conventional warhead to destroy a satellite? Even if they wanted to use it to attack a surface there isn’t a lot of evidence that a normal ICBM can be reliably intercepted so I doubt them being in space will change much.
Edit: *surface target
russia’s space program is sort of shit these days though?
