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'Serious national security threat' is revealed to be 'Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon in SPACE'
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Posted on 02/14/2024 1:45:21 PM PST by algore

The U.S. believes Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon in space, according to reports sparked by a top Republican warning about a 'serious national security threat'.

House Intel Chair Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said members of Congress had been made aware of the threat which is reported to be related to Russia and its threat from space - but wouldn't go into details.

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.

Turner asked the president to declassify the information so lawmakers could discuss the ramifications in the ominous warning that sparked a response from the White House and furious speculation.

Moscow has already shown how it can be lethal from space by testing a hit-to-kill anti-satellite missile in 2021.

Russia smashed a defunct spy satellite launched in 1982 into 1,500 pieces of debris in the strike and sparked fury around the world.

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., was one of the first lawmakers to view the documents in the SCIF on Wednesday afternoon.

He told reporters that the threat is 'not an immediate crisis but certainly something we have to be very serious about.'

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Wednesday he was 'surprised' Turner came publicly about the threat related to a 'destabilizing foreign military capability.'

'That's been on the books. So I am a bit surprised that Congressman Turner came out publicly today in advance of a meeting on the books for me to go sit with him alongside our intelligence and defense professionals tomorrow,

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenlegacy; emp; jakesullivan; miketurner; nuke; nukesinspace; pic; russia; russianuke; space
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To: algore

Brandon ups the propaganda to Gale Force 10.

Cue more creepy laser eyes on the old fart.


21 posted on 02/14/2024 1:57:41 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: cgbg

The time to shoot down a missile is when it is going “ballistic”, meaning when the rocket engines shut off and it starts to come back to earth. They are going too fast after they have started their path downward.

SDI was planning to fire stuff at the missiles on the way up.

Star Wars wasn’t putting nukes in space. The closest thing to the original Star Wars plan is the Iron Dome system.


22 posted on 02/14/2024 1:58:28 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: mkmensinger
Space Cowboys

I see the showdowns, slowdowns, lost and found, turn arounds The boys in the military shirts I keep my eyes on the prize, on the long fallen skies And I don't let my friends get hurt All you back room schemers, small trip dreamers Better find something new to say 'Cause you're the same old story It's the same old crime And you got some heavy dues to pay

23 posted on 02/14/2024 1:58:36 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: algore
That's not the best part of the Gary Seven episode of Star Trek. This is:


24 posted on 02/14/2024 1:59:31 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: algore

Seriously? This is the big threat? I would be shocked if Russia didn’t have nukes in orbit 40 years ago.


25 posted on 02/14/2024 1:59:42 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

I thought the threat was the tens or hundreds of thousands of military aged men from around the globe settling in our country awaiting orders.
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It’s not a threat to the Biden Administration. If you watch the video at the following link, Biden wouldn’t even talk to the National Sheriffs Association or to the Police Chiefs so they could express their concerns about the border. Chris Wray simply told them to be aware of red flags, but the police and Sheriffs are on their own to deal with any terrorism.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4216609/posts


26 posted on 02/14/2024 2:00:21 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: algore

you need a nuclear weapon to take out a satellite?

how big is the satellite?


27 posted on 02/14/2024 2:00:36 PM PST by joshua c
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To: mkmensinger

Goldeneye.


28 posted on 02/14/2024 2:04:04 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: Magnum44

Think about it. You can’t use a nuclear weapon to take down more than one satellite. And what sense would that make? Plenty of other ways to do that. We are probably talking about a nuclear power supply here. Which the US has used and plans to use in the future.

People are so gullible that the Media can just put in some trigger words and rile people up because people don’t stop and try to make sense of it.

This is about scaring people and then pushing more funding to Ukraine. Either that or they want to find support to go to war with Russia.


29 posted on 02/14/2024 2:04:59 PM PST by Revel
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To: joshua c

Laser will do, as long as the satellite is any color except blue


30 posted on 02/14/2024 2:05:24 PM PST by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: All

Gee, Now I’m really worried!! What if the Russian space nuke somehow runs into the ones the USA has had up there for years? Talk about your big bangs.

And surely the Chinese are working on it too, if THEY don’t have it already .


31 posted on 02/14/2024 2:07:08 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: algore

Russia could have done that decades ago if they wanted.


32 posted on 02/14/2024 2:07:17 PM PST by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: Vermont Lt

“Star Wars wasn’t putting nukes in space”

OK—but the idea was to shoot down missiles any way you can—from wherever you can.

If nukes were the best choice then they would have used them.

The notion that “nukes in space” is a new horrible threat is absurd on its face.

The technology is old—it is just a question of whether it was useful or not.


33 posted on 02/14/2024 2:08:29 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: algore

If I am not wrong

The United States had detonated a nuclear weapon in space in 1962

So we could also.

Google starfish prime , not Amazon prime 😂


34 posted on 02/14/2024 2:09:43 PM PST by forYourChildrenVote4Bush
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To: algore

I’d bet they already have at least one up there.

The Soviets broke every treaty they ever signed. Why not that one too?

L


35 posted on 02/14/2024 2:10:23 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: algore

Space Force to the rescue!


36 posted on 02/14/2024 2:11:18 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Lurker

There are probably five countries who already have nukes in space—and have had them for decades.

This is a total joke—the Space Treaties have been used as toilet paper—by everybody.


37 posted on 02/14/2024 2:12:21 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: algore

In the 1960s and ‘70s that was a fear. I saw a pamphlet in a Pentecostal church urging prayer to avoid it and preparation to survive it. I guess the prayer worked!


38 posted on 02/14/2024 2:13:12 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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To: dfwgator

I’m a space cowboy 🤠

Bet you weren’t ready for that

I need a gold 75 and 76 Pontiac Firebird


39 posted on 02/14/2024 2:13:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Some people call me “Maurice”.


40 posted on 02/14/2024 2:13:45 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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