'Serious national security threat' is revealed to be 'Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon in SPACE'

daily mail ^

[Farmerbob]

A nuclear weapon would overcome Russia’s accuracy shortcomings. There aren’t any apartment buildings in space.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

He was good on the old TV series Twelve O'Clock High.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Millions.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Sort of like Space Cowboys?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cowboys

[USAF1985]

Russia wouldn’t renege on a treaty would they? /s

https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm

[GranTorino]

They are up and pointed at any identified nationalist.

[cgbg]

The space treaties are used as toilet paper by anybody who can launch a satellite.

The notion that the pure US abides by such treaties is a total joke.

[USAF1985]

Hence the “sarcasm” tag...treaty monitoring is my job.

[avital2]

an attempt to Wag the Dog

[avital2]

an attempt to Wag the Dog

[higgmeister]

It later emerged that it was related to Moscow's plan to put a nuclear weapon into space to target and destroy satellites the world depends on, ABC News reported.

Somebody at ABC News is an idiot.   I remember in the late 1970's, so called 'killer satellites" were all over the news.   It turned out they were real.   It's just a proximity charge with navigation.   Move the killer satellite next a victim satellite and bang!   A nuclear weapon in space is not there to kill satellites.