PHOTO: A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress MS-26 cargo spacecraft launched to the Worldwide Area Station on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (Roscosmos State Area Company through AP)
WASHINGTON – Is Russia planning to place a nuclear weapon in area? That's unclear, however the White Home confirmed on Thursday that Moscow now has an “anti-satellite functionality.”
“There isn’t a quick menace to the security of anybody. We aren’t speaking a few weapon that can be utilized to assault human beings or to trigger bodily destruction right here on Earth,” White Home Nationwide Safety spokesman John Kirby stated.
Nonetheless, an anti-satellite weapon may knock out important communications capabilities throughout the US
Kirby and the administration spent the day working to calm issues, making an attempt to reassure Individuals that the brand new Russian weapon was not but operational.
“This isn’t an energetic functionality, however it’s a potential one which we take very critically,” Overseas Secretary Antony Blinken stated.
The Kremlin downplays US issues, saying it's all a ruse to get Congress to approve help to Ukraine.
John Hardie of the Basis for Protection of Democracies informed CBN's Religion Nation that it’s unclear whether or not Russia plans to place a nuclear weapon in area or simply shoot down satellites. Both approach, he says, Moscow's newest aggression speaks to its bigger objectives.
“The Russians have lengthy seen that area is important to American army operations, in order that they need to take it away from us,” Hardie stated.
All of it got here to gentle this week when Home Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) issued an pressing memo urging President Biden to declassify info associated to a “severe menace to nationwide safety.”
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill had a blended response to Turner's method.
“I actually wouldn't do it that approach,” stated Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). “However in any case, we’re the place we’re in the meanwhile.
“He was completely proper,” stated Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). “Fairly proper. And every of you, as Americans, ought to be thankful for making that selection.”
In the meantime, the Wall Avenue Journal editorial board says Individuals want to pay attention to potential threats.
“America is sleepwalking into a brand new age of army and home vulnerability, and political leaders want to inform the general public an uncomfortable reality,” the committee wrote.
Russia's ambitions to focus on crucial satellites or probably place a nuclear weapon in area are each flagrant violations of worldwide treaties.
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